Balancing power grids real time is a challenge, conventially excess production is handled by powering down sources (turning {off|down} {coal|gas} fired generators) or routing excess elsewhere (neighbouring countries|states).
Western Australia is remote .. there is no connected neighbouring grid (to NT or SA) and the distances are vast.
Winding down solar inputs from individual houses is a comparable way of shedding sources, even better is being able to balance the local cluster inputs between "main grid" (wider urban areas) and "local storage" (per N house battery banks).
If water wasn't such an issue here there'd maybe be plans to expand the main dam to handle pumped hydro (that requires both an excess of water and a lower elevation secondary capture dam) so ther are plans afoot looking at alternative short term storage solutions (in addition to battery farms).
Western Australia is remote .. there is no connected neighbouring grid (to NT or SA) and the distances are vast.
Winding down solar inputs from individual houses is a comparable way of shedding sources, even better is being able to balance the local cluster inputs between "main grid" (wider urban areas) and "local storage" (per N house battery banks).
If water wasn't such an issue here there'd maybe be plans to expand the main dam to handle pumped hydro (that requires both an excess of water and a lower elevation secondary capture dam) so ther are plans afoot looking at alternative short term storage solutions (in addition to battery farms).