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Emergency backstop mechanism to prevent grid being flooded with renewable energy

Grid stability can be threatened when renewables provide too much power

Emergency backstop mechanism to prevent grid being flooded with renewable energy

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Work in underway to create a national emergency backstop mechanism to stop the electricity grid becoming unstable when potentially flooded with excess renewable energy. The Australian Competition...

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