The storm showed how vulnerable a large baseload coal fired power station is.
When it trips it can take days to restart.
Renewables and batteries could be back on in minutes .
E.g.
Tesla big battery outsmarts lumbering coal units after Loy Yang trips
Last Thursday, one of the biggest coal units in Australia, Loy Yang A 3, tripped without warning at 1.59am, with the sudden loss of 560MW and causing a slump in frequency on the network.
What happened next has stunned electricity industry insiders and given food for thought over the near to medium term future of the grid, such was the rapid response of the Tesla big battery to an event that happened nearly 1,000km away.
Even before the Loy Yang A unit had finished tripping, the 100MW/129MWh had responded, injecting 7.3MW into the network to help arrest a slump in frequency that had fallen below 49.80Hertz.
https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-b...bering-coal-units-after-loy-yang-trips-70003/
