Mark Byrne, Author at Renew Economy

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Solar

Here comes the sun tax: The export tariffs proposed for households with rooftop PV
NSW network draft plans for solar export tariffs could become models for other NEM jurisdictions if they’re approved. Here’s what they want to do.
Mark Byrne

Dec 14, 2022

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Solar

Here comes the sun tax for rooftop PV – and it’s not alright
Network operators have provided very little evidence to substantiate the need for the sun tax – the export tariff for rooftop PV.
Mark Byrne

Nov 13, 2022

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Policy & Planning

The best and worst of climate science, and why modelling can’t keep up with events
Hope for the best, and plan for the worst. Delaying emission reductions is playing Russian Roulette with the climate and our future.
Mark Byrne

Aug 26, 2022

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Storage

Community batteries offer great promise, but will need the right market settings
How do we ensure community batteries are installed where they will have the greatest economic, social and environmental benefits?
Mark Byrne

May 27, 2022

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Smart Energy

What price energy resilience – and should it be written into the rules?
Regulations have gotten in the way of efforts to make the grid more resilient after the bushfires. Unless they are changed, the same thing will happen after the latest floods.
Mark Byrne

Mar 27, 2022

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What’s going on with Australia’s “sun tax”?
What’s been happening since the final determination on rule change requests over access, pricing and incentive arrangements for rooftop solar. Short answer: lots.
Mark Byrne

Jan 17, 2022

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Other Good Stuff

Designing DERtopia: How do we get to a decentralised, democratic grid from here?
A new discussion paper proposes an alternative model for the electricity supply chain it calls the democratic grid. Effectively, it flips the old centralised model upside down.
Mark Byrne

Jun 25, 2021

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Solar

“Solar tax” mythbuster: Here’s what you need to know
We, too, once supported the dogma that any export price would be bad to the bone. Two things changed our mind.
Mark Byrne

Apr 1, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Climate Change? Nothing to see here, says ESB
If you assume climate change is playing a significant role in the Energy Security Board’s deliberations over the optimum design of the future market, you would be wrong.
Mark Byrne

Jan 13, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Planning for chaos: We can’t use the past to predict the future
Australia’s regulatory framework needs to catch up with the fact that climate change means that we can’t use the past to predict the future.
Mark Byrne

Dec 23, 2020

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No man is an island – even in a future of stand-alone power systems
Consumers might get paid to have batteries that will “island” from the grid, and EVs that can deliver power when needed, as part of plans to make networks more resilient.
Mark Byrne

Oct 21, 2020

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Coal

Human or octopus? It matters for the future of rooftop solar and batteries
Peer-to-peer trading, VPPs, vehicle to home and grid, community batteries, solar gardens: the possibilities are many, but they will be stuck in the slow lane without fundamental grid reform.
Mark Byrne

Sep 17, 2020

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