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Fear and loathing as utilities grasp impact of solar PV
The evidence is mounting that the rapid deployment of solar PV and other distributed generation poses major challenges to the business models of generators and network operators. Will the market and pricing regulators resist their attempts to find a new way of gold-plating their businesses?18 -
Five things we learned this week …..
Australia is far from having the highest carbon price, but will there be an international market for it to trade in; solar energy is actually cheap; the cost of wind is coming down; the cost of nuclear is going up; but all of that won’t halt the nonsense, or the clean energy culture wars. -
Solar PV – it’s cheaper than you think
It’s time to drop the idea that solar energy is expensive. A new report says Solar PV is already cost competitive with fossil fuels, including in Australia, but metrics such as ‘grid parity’ have only served to mislead and confuse customers, politicians, and even the energy industry itself. -
Nuclear industry finds new plants are not so cheap
The nuclear industry in the UK is reeling from reports of more cost blow-outs and delays. A leading analyst says the cost of new-build nuclear may end up being three to four times the current cost of energy in the UK and may be ‘impossible’ to finance. In the US, cost increases are causing similar concerns. -
Will AGL have to choose between green and brown gold?
A new report highlights the sensitivity of AGL’s proposed new asset, the Loy Yang A coal-fired generator, to weak wholesale electricity prices. So how will AGL position itself in the energy policy debate? Meanwhile, the company says it sells Hallett 5 wind farm in South Australia to Eurus Energy of Japan.
