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Wind and solar dominated South Australia overtakes Tasmania as Australia’s most renewable state

Giles Parkinson
Sep 4, 2024
Tasmania is widely regarded as Australia’s long time leader in renewables, thanks to its immense hydro resources that have enabled it to source most, and
often all, its local electricity needs through renewables

In the past few months, however, Tasmania has been knocked off its perch – at least temporarily – by South Australia, which has no hydro and is entirely dependent for its renewable energy on wind and solar.

Data from OpenNEM shows that `72.5 per cent of South Australia’s electricity demand has been met through wind and solar in the two and a bit months of the new financial year, including a 79.4 per cent share of wind and solar in the month of August alone.