From 0fae1817e96be8369858ebe8918bda268bb6acc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ryan Stocks Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2023 10:44:52 +1100 Subject: [PATCH] Added existing planned renewables --- wwwroot/init/simple.json | 936 ++++----------------------------------- 1 file changed, 91 insertions(+), 845 deletions(-) diff --git a/wwwroot/init/simple.json b/wwwroot/init/simple.json index 6eb9fc440..f0e00cdfb 100755 --- a/wwwroot/init/simple.json +++ b/wwwroot/init/simple.json @@ -798,830 +798,8 @@ }, { "type": "group", - "id": "Bluefield_Philippines", - "name": "Philippines Bluefield Sites", - "description": "As the proportion of wind and solar photovoltaics (PV) in an electrical grid extends into the 50-100% range a combination of additional long-distance high voltage transmission, demand management and local storage is required for stability. Pumped Hydro Energy Storage (PHES) constitutes 97% of electricity storage worldwide because of its low cost.

The RE100 Group ANU found about 530,000 potentially feasible PHES sites with storage potential of about 22 million Gigawatt-hours (GWh) by using geographic information system (GIS) analysis. This is about one hundred times greater than required to support a 100% global renewable electricity system. Brownfield sites (existing reservoirs, old mining sites) will be included in a future analysis.

This information has been developed by the 100% Renewable Energy group from the Research School of Electrical, Energy and Materials Engineering at the Australia National University. http://re100.eng.anu.edu.au

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