Hugh Saddler
News & Commentary Renewables Smart Energy Storage
Explainer: power station ‘trips’ are normal, but blackouts are not
Tens of thousands of Victorians were left without power over the long weekend as the distribution network struggled with blistering temperatures, reigniting fears about the stability of our energy...
Australian Federal Government Governments Markets News & Commentary
Australia’s record energy emissions, and still no plan to reduce them
Only the wilfully ignorant or blind could pretend Australia will achieve its emissions target under the Paris Agreement with no more than a pro rata reduction in electricity emissions.
Governments News & Commentary Renewables Solar South Australian Government
Busting more myths about South Australia’s wind and solar
The recent performance of wind and solar in South Australia - 63 per cent of consumption - dispels a few myths around renewables and makes a nonsense of the...
News & Commentary Renewables Smart Energy
Electricity emissions continue fall after Hazelwood closure
Report says emissions have fallen after Hazelwood closure, but finds It hard to think of a more expensive & unreliable way to achieve reliable and affordable energy than prolonging...
News & Commentary Renewables Solar
How consumers got burned on electricity prices: It started with networks
Policy responses to high electricity prices should pay more attention to how consumers can be helped to use less electricity
News & Commentary Utilities
Australia’s electricity market is not agile and innovative enough to keep up
The rules of Australia's energy markets were written at a time when coal and gas were the only major options.
News & Commentary Smart Energy
Why did energy regulators deliberately turn out the lights in South Australia?
Last Wednesday around 90,000 homes and businesses in South Australia were deliberately disconnected from the electricity grid for up to an hour. So why did it actually happen?
Record output from wind and hydro in October nearly matches brown coal for first time, as new data highlights how quickly renewables could reduce emissions.
Markets News & Commentary Renewables
Coal generation up, emissions up 4.8% since carbon price scrapped
Demand on NEM stayed flat in September, with a slight rise in coal generation and electricity emissions. Wind, meanwhile, reached its highest ever generation level, both in absolute terms...
Other Good Stuff Renewables Smart Energy
Blackout reality check: Coal and extra link may not have changed anything
Critics of renewables don't understand that a coal-fired power station and even extra link through NSW may not have avoided the SA blackout.
