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One of the 500,000 volt transmission line towers carrying the twohighest capacity circuits feeding electricity to Sydney, NSW. Each3-phase 4-conductor circuit can transmit the entire 2.64 gigawattelectrical power output of the huge Eraring generating station nearNewcastle. The station has four giant coal-fired boilers deliveringsteam to each of four enormous 660 megawatt turbo-alternator sets.At full load this twin-circuit transmission line can supply roughlyhalf of Sydney's peak needs which amount to all the electricity

generated by….

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Both Eraring and Bayswater coal-fired power stations,totalling over five gigawatts.

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Five nuclear power stations of one gigawatt output.

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44,000 Kooragang wind turbines, provided that an efficientmeans of storing electrical energy near the wind turbines isavailable for when the wind is not blowing hard enough(assuming 20% capacity factor).

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1,200 square kilometres of solar panels, provided that anefficient means of storing electrical energy is available closeto the solar farm for when the sun is not shining (assuming17% capacity factor).{one gigawatt = 1,000 megawatts = 1 million kilowatts}