Comments on: Improved Transmission To Aid Wind Power In Australia http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/01/improved-transmission-to-aid-wind-power-in-australia/ Clean Tech News & Views: Solar Energy News. Wind Energy News. EV News. & More. Sun, 28 Dec 2014 08:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1 By: Australia Approaches 22% Renewables By 2020, 51% by 2050 http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/01/improved-transmission-to-aid-wind-power-in-australia/#comment-163918 Fri, 31 May 2013 01:33:42 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50963#comment-163918 […] though transmission is boosting wind’s market access and investment is pouring into Australia, helping to build the Southern Hemisphere’s largest wind […]

]]> By: Ronald Brakels http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/01/improved-transmission-to-aid-wind-power-in-australia/#comment-160034 Wed, 01 May 2013 23:28:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50963#comment-160034 It’s expected to definitely pay for itself through increased trade, which is the same as saying increased opportunites for arbitrage. In the past the interconnector was mostly used to import cheap Victorian fossil fuel power but South Australia’s wind sector has mostly turned the relationship around. The upgrade will advantage South Australia wind while exposing Victorian coal to more competition, much to their annoyance, and that’s a good thing, .

]]> By: arne-nl http://cleantechnica.com/2013/05/01/improved-transmission-to-aid-wind-power-in-australia/#comment-160007 Wed, 01 May 2013 19:48:00 +0000 http://cleantechnica.com/?p=50963#comment-160007 Depending on how the energy markets are organised in Australia, such an upgrade can pay for itself by increased electricity trade.

These kind of investments are often portrayed as a sort of ‘hidden’ cost of renewable energy, but in many cases they aren’t a cost at all. Another example of this is the 700 MW NorNed HVDC cable that earned the operators a cool 50 million euros in the first 2 months of operation (8% of total cost).

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