Investigation of Energy Storage Systems, Its Advantage and Requirement in Various Locations in Australia

Table 5

Required storage in different locations in Australia.

Solar locations in Australian		Solar PV rating	Required storage
(solar radiation and solar window)
NT	Alice Springs; (3.55 kWh/m^2/d) 10 hr	2.79 kW, 22.32 m^2 panel	Min 858.83 Ah; Max 3755.50 Ah
QLD	Weipa; (4.98 kWh/m^2/d) 11 hr	2.54 kW, 20.32 m^2 panel	Min 839.84 Ah; Max 4964.73 Ah
WA	Karratha; (3.27 kWh/m^2/d) 9 hr	3.10 kW, 24.83 m^2 panel	Min 890.84 Ah; Max 3923.07 Ah
Wind locations in Australian		Wind system rating	Required storage
(wind speed and wind window)
NSW	Newcastle (6.40 m/s) 9 hr	2.93 kW, rotor diameter = 9.64 m	Min 46.11 Ah; Max 3289.93 Ah
SA	Neptune Island (7.17 m/s) 16 hr	1.65 kW, rotor diameter = 6.1 m	Min 405.27 Ah; Max 1692.71 Ah
VIC	Melbourne (6.16 m/s) 11 hr	2.40 kW, rotor diameter = 9.23 m	Min 630.97 Ah; Max 7879.76 Ah
TAS	Macquarie Island (8.72 m/s) 20 hr	1.32 kW, rotor diameter = 4.07 m	Min 535.94 Ah; Max 1634.66 Ah