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Originally posted by acorn: ↑

Lol. Trying to deflect away from your last bs claim , eh ?

How embarrassed are you now that I've pointed out you can't handle simple maths ?

The battery can't compete ? Even though it isn't there specifically to compete against gas peakers ?

" The so-called Tesla big battery at Hornsdale doubled the amount of money it saved consumers in its second full year of operation, and its rapid response to massive network faults once again helped to keep the lights on, a new report has found.

Neoen on Friday released a report by energy consultancy Aurecon on the Hornsdale Power Reserve – which at 100MW and 129MWh remains the biggest lithium-ion battery in the world – and found that the money it saved consumers in 2019 jumped to $116 million, from $40 million in 2018.

It’s a massive payback for consumers, because the state government has only had to inject $4 million a year for 10 years under its underwriting agreement for the battery, and as financial result have shown, the $96 million total investment is also delivering a handsome return for its owners, Neoen Australia. "

https://reneweconomy.com.au/hornsdale-big-battery-doubles-savings-to-consumers-and-keeps-lights-on-85139/

You may have noticed the battery map I posted earlier. Generators and distributors are rolling them out en masse. Another biggy announced for the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria which will actually fix an old problem of a lack of infrastructure to handle holiday demand. Another example of a new technology fixing an old problem.

https://reneweconomy.com.au/plans-unveiled-for-biggest-battery-storage-system-in-victoria/

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"The battery can't compete ? Even though it isn't there specifically to compete against gas peakers ?"

You conveniently ignore the original motivation for creating the project at Hornsdale.

Was it "..to manage peaks, supply grid services.." or was it a politically inspired end-run around the S.A. and Fed Govt.'s by a certain Cannon-Brookes in response to the 2016 outage where the entire state was blacked out for how long?

Changing the facts after the event,.. tch tch.. no, no, say it isn't so! You say it wasn't there to compete with gas.. that's a made up story.

The sad reality is that this Hornsdale battery is only able to compete for any consecutive NEM blocks shorter than approximately 45 minutes (estimated, based on gas runup of ~25-30mins) and where it can meet the demand shortfall. This leaves it effectively competing with diesel.. (I.E. for the crumbs) The proof for this is found in the detailed AEMO statistics and is also alluded to in the most recent AEMO report specifically on S.A.