Queensland’s wholesale electricity prices are going through the ceiling, which is remarkable given that nothing in particular is happening to demand.
Know your NEM: As rooftop solar soars, something is rotten in the state of Queensland
Why Stanwell has the most bankable renewable hydrogen project in Australia
Renewable hydrogen must get its costs down to be competitive. But Stanwell is in the box seat for hydrogen projects in Australia.
Vestas talks cost headwinds, onshore turbine limits, and huge Asia market potential
Vestas confirms cost headwinds, and indicates we are moving away from the ever larger onshore turbine model towards a more modular approach.
Know your NEM: Solar steps up to support unreliable summer coal
Booming rooftop solar is not only helping break variable renewable records, it also it means resilience to thermal plant breakdowns in the middle of the day.
Three simple, low cost actions that can accelerate transition to zero emissions
Here are three simple, low cost actions that could accelerate push to zero emissions, and some less easy policy moves that could lock it in.
Efficient frontiers: Finding the right balance between wind and solar
What exactly is the right mix of wind and solar as grid shift from centralised fossil fuel generators to variable renewables?
The highs and lows of Australia’s increasingly variable energy market
Australia’s electricity market will be dominated by more rooftop solar, growing amounts of large scale wind and solar, and storage.
China has stuffed up its economy, and now the world will pay the price
China’s dependence on expensive domestic coal power presents huge opportunities for Australia, if it stays the course on switch to lower cost renewables.
It’s spring on the NEM, when daytime prices go negative and coal plants learn to dance
Pool prices are consistently below zero in the middle of the day, a strong signal for battery storage, and for coal generators to learn to dance.
From baseload to flexible capacity: The market, and even the rules, are on the move
Flexible capacity, delivered through battery storage, pumped hydro and new market concepts, is going to rapidly overtake the old baseload paradigm.
