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AEMO plays down risk of widespread solar shut-downs in Queensland – RenewEconomy
AEMO says severe constraints on nine solar farms in Queensland only likely to be a rare event, and if too many coal plants are sidelined.
The Australian Energy Market Operator has sought to play down the risk of widespread curtailments or shut-downs of large scale solar farms in northern Queensland, saying that any severe limitations would be unlikely and would only happen if synchronous generation in the region fell to historically low levels.
On Monday, as RenewEconomy reported at the time, AEMO issued a market notice warning that nine solar farms located from Gladstone to north of Townsville could have their output reduced to …
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