How Variable Renewable Energy Production can meet Cyclic Energy Demand
The National Electricity Market (NEM) is changing from "peak" and "off-peak" periods being determined by electricity demand, to when electricity is generated. As more massive coal fired power station are retired in the coming years, a system that was developed with base loads (mostly coal) and peak loads (mostly gas) responding to network demand, will become dominated by use-it-or-lose-it variable renewable energy (solar and wind) and storage (pumped hydro and [...]