Large scale wind and solar set a new instantaneous output of 9239MW on Australia’s main grid at noon on Monday, when it was delivering around one third of the main grid demand.
The new benchmark beat the previous record set in May this year of 9133MW, according to data provider GPE NemLog2, and does not include the more than 5,200MW of rooftop solar that was also being produced at the same time.
The combination of large scale wind and solar and rooftop PV took the share of variable renewables to around 52 per cent at the time, still well short of the 100 per cent instantaneous supply predicted by the market operator to occur on the main grid by 2025.
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