ABC (July 15)
2026/ 07/ 16 by jd in Global News
“Runaway demand for turbines from data centres in the US is making new gas-fired power uncompetitive with batteries in the evening peak for the first time…. Australia’s top science agency, the CSIRO, said batteries were helping to lower high evening prices for electricity as the costs of the technology fell and significant extra capacity was added.” Looking further ahead, CSIRO expects “solar and wind power would by 2050 supply as much as 93 per cent of Australia’s electricity needs.”
Tags: 2050, Australia, Batteries, Capacity, Costs, CSIRO, Data centres, Electricity, Gas-fired, Peak, Prices, Runaway demand, Solar, Turbines, U.S., Uncompetitive, Wind power
