What do you mean Tasmania’s hydro is used as a big battery?
My understanding is it barely provides enough electricity for the state, and the interconnect is used to consume power from Victoria 99% of the time
My understanding is it barely provides enough electricity for the state, and the interconnect is used to consume power from Victoria 99% of the time
Hover over exports on the right hand side. There are imports from VIC occasionally, but Tas Hydro's plan is to build pumped hydro infra [1], as well as an additional interconnector to South Australia [2] which has robust renewables resources.
[1] https://www.hydro.com.au/clean-energy/battery-of-the-nation/...