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To: Brumar89 who wrote (75787)	3/30/2017 2:08:38 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

Yup, Increasing at an ever faster rate daily worldwide for renewables. FF's can't increase by a factor of ten let alone over a thousand times. A piece of cake for renewables!

To: Brumar89 who wrote (75787)	3/30/2017 2:38:34 PM
From: Eric	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86355

Solar power South Australia to get $1bn solar farm and world's biggest battery System will include 3.4m solar panels and 1.1m batteries, with operations set to begin by end of 2017 Billion dollar solar farm and battery project will be ‘significant stimulus’ for South Australia. Photograph: Arena Australian Associated Press Thursday 30 March 2017 08.41 BST A huge $1bn solar farm and battery project will be built and ready to operate in South Australia’s Riverland region by the end of the year. Elon Musk, meet Port Augusta: four renewable energy projects ready to go Read more theguardian.com Battery storage developer Lyon Group says the system will be the biggest of its kind in the world, boasting 3.4 million solar panels and 1.1 million batteries. The company says construction will start in months and the project will be built whatever the outcome of the SA government’s tender for a large battery to store renewable energy. Lyon Group partner David Green says the system, financed by investors and built on privately owned scrubland in Morgan, will be a “significant stimulus” for South Australia. “The combination of the solar and the battery will significantly enhance the capacity available in the South Australian market,” he said. Green said the project, along with a similar one it plans to build near Roxby Downs, would have gone ahead whether or not Port Augusta’s Northern power station had closed in 2016. “We see the inevitability of the need to have large-scale solar and integrated batteries as part of any move to decarbonise,” Greens said. “Any short-term decisions are only what I would call noise in the process.” Premier Jay Weatherill commended the Lyon Group for the Riverland initiative, which will enable 330mw of power generation and at least 100mw of storage. “Projects of this sort, renewable energy projects, represent the future,” he said. The premier said the company is among several to express interest in building a 100mw battery as part of the South Australia government’s power plan announced this month, to be financed by a new $150 million renewable technology fund. Weatherill said the government will consider the bidders over the coming weeks. theguardian.com