00:00Big batteries like this one in the Latrobe Valley will be popping up all over regional Australia.
00:07For example this power plant here is 150 megawatts but the Victorian government alone says that in
00:16the next 10 years there's going to be a need for about three and a half thousand megawatts of
00:22storage power. So we're standing here at NG's Hazelwood battery in the Latrobe Valley in
00:27Victoria. This is a 150 megawatt battery and can last for one hour and what that basically means is
00:34it can store the rooftop solar output from about 30,000 average Australian homes. It's a really
00:39interesting site because people, particularly Victorians, will know that the Latrobe Valley is
00:43historically the source of power in the state. It's the site of three big coal mines, the first
00:49of which has been closed here at Hazelwood and historically four big power stations, the first
00:54of which Hazelwood power station was demolished. It's a really interesting site because you can
00:59see what a clean energy future can actually look like. We've now had a coal power station
01:03demolished, we've got a mine that's been currently rehabilitated and here the Hazelwood battery
01:07is the first that was built on the site of a former coal power station. So it gives you an
01:11idea of what the future could look like not only here in the Latrobe Valley but also across
01:14Australia as we move away from coal and towards renewable energy.
01:19The way we get our energy is typically through this transmission line. So this feeds directly
01:28into the Victorian grid. So right now we're probably going to be charging at this time of day and that'll
01:36be basically on a mixture of coal, wind, definitely solar, and a mixture of those combined resources,
01:45what's going to basically be charging the battery itself. Batteries form two key roles. The first
01:52one really is about making sure that the frequency of the grid, the way it basically runs, remains stable.
02:00And then the second very important one is that it's going to basically move the energy that's generated
02:05during the day, like when it's, you know, sunny and there's lots of solar and wind. Store that energy
02:11and then discharge it in the evening when we need it more. Look, it's an exciting time ahead. Lots of
02:22opportunities to develop more batteries. There's potential to develop another one, sort of a sister
02:26site right next door. So very much looking forward to that happening.
02:35You can think about it.
02:37So as Ooh, I'm thinking about that.
02:39All right.
02:41All right.
02:43So, all right.
02:45You're going to take care of your brain.
02:47So that's pretty easy.
02:49All right.
02:50So that's a big deal.
02:52I'm thinking about making sure that the frequency of theatribe and the thrust of the
02:55power of the Alabamas.
02:57So you can see that there's a big deal.
03:00Now, it's just a big deal.
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