Bloody hell , Australia land of Solar Panels and Giant Batteries...

Bloody hell , Australia land of Solar Panels and Giant Batteries and the odd Wind Farm!

Australia lays claim to the biggest solar farm in the world
10 weeks ago
https://thenextweb.com/au/2017/03/3...iggest-solar-farm-in-the-world/#.tnw_48Napbg4

South Australia to get $1bn solar farm and world's biggest battery
30 March 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/environ...n-solar-farm-and-worlds-biggest-battery#img-1

South Australia to build battery storage and gas-fired power plant in $550m energy plan
14 March 2017
https://www.theguardian.com/austral...and-gas-fired-power-plant-in-550m-energy-plan

Renewable energy future possible with Australia's infrastructure re-focused, professor says
Posted Monday at 17:42
It seems a bit inconceivable [to] some people right now, but my own forecast is that most major cities between the 26th parallels will be self-powered by 2025," he said.
(Professor Ray Wills)
That'll be largely with solar and associated with batteries, but also other sources of generation including wind and including some other technologies like wave energy that will start to contribute to that mix
The solar farm would come out producing cheaper electricity than any of those other competitors, even wind.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/20...r-total-renewable-energy-solar-future/8609890

Australia's solar power production to triple with 12 new plants to be built
8 Sep 2016
The federally funded agency has announced a $92 million investment in six plants in Queensland, five in New South Wales and one at Cervantes in Western Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-09-...-triple-with-12-new-plants-beingbuilt/7826302

Investors keen to back Western Australia's largest solar farm
28 October 2016
http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2016-10-28/solar-farm-cunderdin-wa-attracts-investors/7974664

Offshore wind farm proposed for waters off Victoria's Gippsland
2 Jun 2017
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-...d-australias-first-offshore-wind-farm/8582652