South Australia over 100% renewable power for the past week, page-27

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    Just remember that the cost of generation is only about 35% of the total price to the consumer.

    The biggest cost component is transmission- the grid. Keep that in focus.

    The more wind and solar you have, the more transmission lines you need to remote places. The more intermittents you load the system with, the more interconnections you need to save the system when there is no wind and solar.
 
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