That syncon feeling: the 150 tonnes of spinning steel that could help stabilise Australia’s energy transition

Australia’s largest synchronous condenser begins testing in western Victoria, joining rapidly expanding network operators say will reduce the energy grid’s reliance on fossil fuels Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter hereNestled amid green rolling hills in western Victoria, 150 tonnes of metal has begun spinning to help secure the electricity grid.Next to the Ararat terminal station and inside a large grey shed, a steel blue “pony motor” turns a massive rotor at 750 revolutions a minute.Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading…