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Asma Aziz, Senior Lecturer in Power Engineering, Edith Cowan University

Without a massive grid upgrade, the Coalition’s nuclear plan faces a high-voltage hurdle

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Keeping the lights on in Australia is a complex task. Enough capacity must be ensured everywhere in the country, at every moment. Surplus in one location won’t solve shortages in another, unless we have the transmission infrastructure to transmit electricity between them.

The transmission network largely consists of high-voltage lines and towers, as well as transformers which transfer electrical energy from one circuit to another.

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