In a shock to many, including probably most Australians—not to mention the chief executive of the power company by the looks of it—the state of South Australia went just over an hour on 100% solar energy a couple of Sundays ago.

“The state once known for not having enough power has become the first major jurisdiction in the world to be powered entirely by solar energy.
“For just over an hour on Sunday, October 11, 100 per cent of energy demand was met by solar panels alone.
"This is truly a phenomenon in the global energy landscape," Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) chief executive Audrey Zibelman said.”

You don’t say!

Two more cool facts slipped into only one sentence:

“Never before has a jurisdiction the size of South Australia been completely run by solar power, with consumers' rooftop solar systems contributing 77 per cent.”

Really interesting how nearly all that power came from solar panels on people houses, fed into the grid.

There’s also a poet in the power company’s ranks:

“The next step is convincing more people to connect batteries to store cheap energy during the day.
"The grid needs to become increasingly like a set of lungs," AEMO chief external affairs officer Tony Chappel said.
"During the day, the lungs would breathe in and excess energy can be stored and then in the evening when the sun's gone down, that energy can be fed back."

This is probably not the right time to bring up zombie batteries.

[Cover photo: ABC News, Australia]