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[โ€“] DaBPunkt@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

30GW of solar is not much. Germany built 13GW this year.

[โ€“] Womble@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Germany has more than 3 times the population of Australia, and the article linked needed to be able to generate 30GW peak so likely required more installed capacity, and solar is only 1 element out of 5 required in that scenario.

Again it does seem to be feasible to get renewable only in Australia (or close to) but I dont think that tells you much about elsewhere