100% renewable electricity in Australia

Andrew Blakers, Bin Lu and Matthew Stocks

Energy, 2017, vol. 133, issue C, 471-482

Abstract: An hourly energy balance analysis is presented of the Australian National Electricity Market in a 100% renewable energy scenario, in which wind and photovoltaics (PV) provides about 90% of the annual electricity demand and existing hydroelectricity and biomass provides the balance. Heroic assumptions about future technology development are avoided by only including technology that is being deployed in large quantities (>10 Gigawatts per year), namely PV and wind.

Keywords: Photovoltaics; Wind energy; PHES; HVDC; Energy balance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2017.05.168

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