Origin gets planning approval for 2,800MWh Eraring battery that will at last partially replace the country’s biggest coal generator.
  • guojing
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    3 years ago

    A coal plant produces electricity. A battery consumes electricity, and returns a part of it to the network after some time. How can one replace the other?

    • tristanOP
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      3 years ago

      In this case both provide electricity to the network, and in that sense it would be a replacement. But it’s not a one for one replacement as the batteries will need to be charged from some source, I would assume they aim to do that from the growing renewable generation.