Australia’s renewable boom has created a new bottleneck: grid access. As new transmission line costs blow out amid protests, we need to optimise the build.
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The equipment needed to keep the grid running is hard to make, and materials are limited. And supply-chain bottlenecks are taking years to clear.
Keeping the lights on in Australia is not an easy task – and adding nuclear to the mix would add new complications.
Shifting to renewables means many more high voltage powerlines. But these powerlines are seeing strong pushback from farmers and rural communities. Are there any alternatives?
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Senior Lecturer in Power Engineering, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Electrical Engineering, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder
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Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Payne Institute, Colorado School of Mines
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Senior Research Officer, School of Engineering, Australian National University