[noibl]

It's nighttime and there is no wind. That's the downside of extrapolating from real-time data.

A couple of highlights from Australia's energy transition story in the last few days, which show some of the work being done at state level in spite of a largely renewables-hostile federal government over the last several years:

> the Western Australia grid ... reached 82 per cent renewables for a half-hour period on October 30 ... and it is likely that new peak is the highest for any gigawatt-scale grid in the world.

> South Australia ... has established the world’s highest share of renewables – as a percentage of demand – in any gigawatt scale grid in the world, when it reached 146 per cent on September 14. The excess is, of course, exported to the neighbouring state, in this case Victoria.

-- https://reneweconomy.com.au/the-stunning-wind-and-solar-leap... [2022-11-04]

> [NSW is seeking] solutions on replacing 10GW of coal capacity that is likely to leave the grid within the next decade.

> Those plans are being accelerated by fast-tracked closures of the main coal generators, including Liddell early next year, Eraring in 2025, and Bayswater as early as 2030. Vales Point is expected to close by 2029, leaving Mt Piper with the only uncertain closure time.

-- https://reneweconomy.com.au/nsw-formally-declares-its-third-... [2022-11-04]