Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson
Governments
Victorian Government
Victoria Coalition’s bizarre plan to support coal and “24/7” power does not add up
Victoria Coalition proposes support for brown coal generators and a tender for new "24/7" power source. But the numbers don't make sense.
ARENA says Australia utility-scale solar prices has plunged to “somewhere in the $50s” today, while BNEF says China module surplus could lower prices further in Australia by end of...
Energy market rule-maker reinstates long dated emergency reserve, just months after it had dumped it.
AEMO reports detail how Tesla big battery helped keep the lights on last summer, smashed prices in specialised markets, and made money for itself from price arbitrage.
Governments
News & Commentary
Onestep
Queensland Government
Renewables
Solar
Mackay council goes solar – and saves big – with city-wide rollout
Mackay Council awards tender to install solar PV on 21 local government facilities, saving nearly 10 times its outlay over 20 years. But the bid price stuns rivals.
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Governments
South Australian Government
Storage
The stunning numbers behind success of Tesla big battery
Tesla big battery accounts for just 2% of capacity in South Australia's ancillary services market, but in just four months it has grabbed a 55% market share and slashed...
Some of Australia's biggest manufacturers have turned to wind and solar to lower energy costs, but the lobby groups just wants to frack, just like in America.
Elon Musk
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Governments
People
Renewables
South Australian Government
Storage
Tesla
Musk says storage orders surge on success of Tesla big battery
Elon Musk says the Tesla big battery in South Australia has exceeded performance targets "significantly," a success that has put a rocket under sales of the company’s commercial-scale Powerpacks.
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Coal
Governments
Markets
NSW Government
Renewables
NSW Coalition government hints at Liddell intervention. Seriously?
NSW Premier suggests intervening in Liddell closure as way of "guaranteeing cheap and reliable electricity" for state.
Australian Federal Government
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Governments
Solar
Rooftop solar changes unsettle industry, raising fears worse to come
Confusion over RET regulation changes has revealed large cracks in the faith of the renewable energy industry, which – still recovering from the Abbott years – is spooked by...