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Renewables

Australia’s main grid reached new record wind output on Tuesday afternoon
As Queensland was battling coal plant explosions and emerging from widespread blackouts, the main grid set a new record wind output.
Paul McArdle

May 26, 2021

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Markets

The death of “baseload” power in Australia, and the rise of “cycling”
Baseload power is already under threat in Australia, with new data showing the scale of the transition in the NEM, and how radically different the supply mix will look in the decades ahead.
Paul McArdle

Mar 8, 2019

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Commentary

Graph of the Day: Queensland’s biggest solar farm powers up
The first 50MW of Genex Power’s Kidston solar and “giant water battery” project has started sending electricity to the grid. Here’s what that looks like.
Paul McArdle

Dec 4, 2017

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Commentary

A forensic look at Queensland’s mid-summer electricity price surge
A closer look at the extraordinary price volatility that marked “sizzling Saturday” in Queensland and sent electricity prices soaring.
Paul McArdle

Jan 24, 2017

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Coal

About the looming potential closure of Hazelwood power station
A closer look at Hazelwood Power Station as murmurs of its potential closure grow louder.
Paul McArdle

Sep 26, 2016

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Renewables

Ararat wind farm begins production in Victoria
As part of the ACT Government’s push towards its “100% Renewables” target, commercial production has begun at Victoria’s new Ararat wind farm.
Paul McArdle

Aug 31, 2016

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Renewables

Hornsdale Wind Farm starts up at time in South Australia when every MWh matters
Here’s a quick trend in the output of Hornsdale Wind Farm compared with the aggregate output of all wind farms across South Australia..
Paul McArdle

Jul 8, 2016

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Solar

The opacity of distributed, small-scale solar PV output
The rise of intermittent generation supplies being injected into the NEM has brought some different versions of the same challenges facing electricity system operators.
Paul McArdle

Jun 17, 2016

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What will ‘demand’ look like on a renewables-heavy NEM?
What role might demand response play in a future where intermittent renewables generation supplies a higher percentage of energy to the NEM?
Paul McArdle

Sep 21, 2015

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Why South Australian wind farms generate more, but earn less
A further look at the idiosyncrasies of wind in South Australia.
Paul McArdle

Aug 31, 2015

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Australia sets another wind record as output tops 3,200MW
Australian wind energy sets new record of more than 3,200MW at midnight on Saturday.
Paul McArdle

May 11, 2015

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Queensland’s peak demand very close to a new record
Queensland’s peak demand at near record highs, and may have set new record were it not for distributed small-scale solar PV.
Paul McArdle

Apr 17, 2015

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