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existing supply

• population = ~ 500,000

•electricity consumption = ~ 4 GWh pa

• average CO2 emissions from electricity

= ~ 8 tonnes per person per year

• ~ 95% electricity from outside the region

• 87% fossil fueled including CSG

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renewables now

• ~ 70 MW or 4% PV

• (~ 72 MW or 16% sugar mill cogen)

• 11 MW hydro

• 1 MW wind

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what’s working

•PV - 3 of top 10 postcodes in NSW

• Ballina pyrolysis plant

• TransGrid’s Stroud-Taree line stopped

• CSG stopped

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what’s not

• 2 out of 3 sugar mill cogen plants notoperating

• Pelena Energy (micro hydro) closed down

• TransGrid still planning $250 millionBonshaw-Tenterfield-Lismore line

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strengths + constraints

• high rainfall + humidity

• high population density + cost of land

• not suitable for large scale wind + solar

• no large tidal movements or wave energy

• no hot rocks

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Sydney

Canberra

Adelaide

Brisbane

Melbourne

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