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Originally Posted by skysurfer
But back to SA, it is completely powered by wind ? I thought that Australia is, like South Africa, addict to coal power stations, despite both countries have much more sunshine than the EU.
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Yes and no.
SA is addicted to coal stations, but they are Victorian ones and there is no direct connection to any other state. Hence when they lose their 275kV interconnector, they are stuffed.
When Victoria lost it's 330kV interconnector to NSW a few years back, a major load shed occurred, but there was no total blackout, and supply was restored soon after. SA is the only mainland state not to have a solid base load capacity.
SA is not self sufficient (not even close), so they are the most susceptible to this kind of event.