After watching the wind in Australia for some years I can assure you that South Australia imports coal power from Victoria 18 or 19 nights out of 20. They burn gas all the time and during wind droughts they have to resort to diesel.
The cost of storage is normally under-estimated by a factor in the order of 1000 that is 3 orders of magnitude.
People who pay close attention to the complicated pricing system assure us that South Australia has the highest retail prices in the country and the state is leading the nation in deindustrialization.
After watching the wind in Australia for some years I can assure you that South Australia imports coal power from Victoria 18 or 19 nights out of 20. They burn gas all the time and during wind droughts they have to resort to diesel.
The cost of storage is normally under-estimated by a factor in the order of 1000 that is 3 orders of magnitude.
People who pay close attention to the complicated pricing system assure us that South Australia has the highest retail prices in the country and the state is leading the nation in deindustrialization.