11/12/2025
🎉Australia’s electricity grids are undergoing a profound transformation. Solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015. Last month, renewables hit parity with fossil fuels for the first time.🥳
Although solar and wind have provided 99% of new generating capacity since 2015, gas was long thought essential as a backup for a clean energy grid. But enormous growth in grid-scale batteries has changed the game 👇🏼
https://theconversation.com/big-batteries-are-now-outcompeting-gas-in-the-grid-and-gas-rich-western-australia-is-at-the-forefront-271753