Record curtailment as rooftop solar reshapes biggest coal grid
More records tumbled over the past weekend for the levels of curtailment on Australia’s main grid, and NSW – which still pips Queensland for the biggest portfolio of coal power in the country – was the focal point.
According to Geoff Eldridge, at GPE NEMLog, the potential output of renewables in NSW reached 99.8 per cent of native demand just before 11am on Sunday, with a combination of sunny weather and strong winds across most of the state.
Right now, however, that level of variable renewables can’t be allowed to happen, for a combination of technical and economic reasons.
