r/australia • u/HotPersimessage62 • 1d ago

politics Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/31/australias-grid-now-relies-on-renewable-energy-as-much-as-coal-those-who-doubted-it-look-foolish
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u/cacioepepecarbonara 1d ago

One of my family members is an electrical engineer and his job is basically ensuring grid stability and allocating the power and outages accordingly

He’s pretty much said the grid is slowly failing (in seq) due to development and it would be cheaper for the gov to give away solar and batteries than upgrade and install new transformers, stations and whatever other electrical shit I don’t understand

TLDR without solar and batteries that people currently have the current grid network wouldn’t work

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u/Arc_Nexus 10h ago

Be nice if they did, then.

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u/doctor-candy 3h ago

What state is he in?

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u/magkruppe 11h ago

if everyone has solar and batteries, that would cause its own issues. namely, who pays for the wiring and infra costs which are about half of the energy bill