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UNBELIEVABLE: Big battery more useful than big banana | History Defined

SA Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis speaks at the Energy Storage Forum in Adelaide. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO) (AAP)

Australia cannot become fully powered by renewable energy without storage to support wind and solar, industry warns.

South Australia's Hornsdale Power Reserve was the world's first Big Battery, since overtaken by a larger plant in Victoria near Geelong, and the South Australian Virtual Power Plant (SA VPP) aims to link 50,000 solar and home battery systems to create another record-breaking asset.

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