Power outage in VK5

[VK2ZIW]

Having lived in SA, there were in 1977 only three power stations
Port Augusta - coal from Leigh Ck.
Torrens's Island - gas & steam turbines
Gepps Cross - gas turbines

So, as a humble NSW guy, how can SA shut down more than ONE COAL FIRED POWER Station.
SA only had ONE.

And, why would one build (or maintain) a coal fired p/s if it stood idle most of the time?
==== Enough of that ====

What we ALL need is energy storage systems to make solar and wind (and any other non-renewables)
reliable. NSW has, in the Snowy Scheme, water storage and pumps to pump water uphill. But this
only does about 100MW of pumping.
Here we have a World Problem: Storage.

Batteries
======= Nickel Iron, a long forgotten technology, because of it's self discharge problems, 3% per day.
Park the car for a month, won't start!!
But as solar power storage, not a problem, say four days without sun, all good.
These batteries are not killed by complete discharge and being left flat, another winner.

Now being made in China (of course).

Keep Smiling and keep thinking.

Alan VK2ZIW