We should all be proud of ScoMo. The most informed PM we have had.
“I mean, honestly, by all means have the world’s biggest battery, have the world’s biggest banana, have the world’s biggest prawn like we have on the roadside around the country, but that is not solving the problem,” Morrison mocked in July last year, just a few months after waving a lump of coal around parliament.
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South Australia's big battery slashes $40m from grid control costs in first year
By
Angela Macdonald-SmithUpdated 05 Dec 2018 — 8:10 PM,first published at 8:24 AM
South Australia's big battery has outperformed expectations in its first year of operation, saving almost $40 million in grid stabilisation costs, helping prevent blackouts, and generally restoring confidence in energy supply in the state, according to French project backer Neoen, which is working on expanding its battery project line-up in Australia.
The 100 megawatt Hornsdale battery, the idea for which
sparked from a famed Twitter exchange between tech billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Tesla's Elon Musk, has had a huge impact in reducing prices in the grid stabilisation market, known as the frequency control and ancillary services
