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Solar and wind generated power is expected to increase drastically in the future. Unlike fossil fuels, however, solar and wind resource extraction introduces challenges of variability and intermittency. Several recent studies around the world have shown that since dissimilar climatological factors are responsible for wind and solar resources, they can often operate in tandem to offset lulls in each other. While most research on solar and wind resource interaction has been undertaken over the Northern Hemisphere (America, Europe and China), there is a lack of understanding on how much (or even if) solar and wind resources complement one another in other parts of the world. To partially address this issue in the Southern Hemisphere, this study provides a systematic quantitative analysis of the complementary characteristics of solar and wind resources on the Australian continent. As such, wind power density and …