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RISC adds to battery warning

A RISC expert has backed Aurecon’s warning about the “colossal” amount of expensive storage needed to operate solar power year-round, with the Perth-based advisory laying out more data to show just how far batteries have to go to reach “utility scale” storage capacity.

RISC adds to battery warning

Aurecon energy leader for Australia's east coast, Paul Gleeson, told Energy News last month that the volume of storage - batteries or otherwise - that would be required to operate solar 24-7-365 would...

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