AEMO says reserve mechanism that ensured lights stayed on last summer cost just $6 per customer, and praises role of newly deployed technologies such as batteries and demand response.
Sweden’s Vattenfall connects 500 BMW i3 batteries to 228MW wind farm in South Wales, in “UK’s largest” co-located onshore wind and battery project.
Debate over whether we can run electric grids on 100% renewables in coming decades misses a key point: many countries and regions are already there.
IEEFA report shows solar taking an increasingly prominent role in driving the ongoing transformation of global electricity generation.
Unions welcome transition of Liddell site from coal to clean energy, as Coalition government lurches from worst of Trump’s America and Maduro’s Venezuela.
Despite intense pressure from Turnbull government, AGL rejects bid for Liddell power station, saying the “highly conditional” offer did not reflect the value of the site. Abbott and Joyce are apoplectic and call for forced sale.
Alan Jones and Josh Frydenberg traded barbs on radio on Thursday. And beneath the bravado was an insight into how far to the right the debate around Australia’s climate and energy politics has shifted.
France government incentive to trade in old petrol and diesel cars for new EVs proves unexpected success.
Report finds Narrabri has “enormous potential” for renewables, with scope for between 1GW and 4.5GW of large-scale solar and wind, that would create 500-2,600 permanent local jobs.
Wind, solar PV and Nuclear have gained electricity market share in China, but because of another downturn in hydro, coal generation continues to grow.
Senate report acknowledges the huge risks of climate change and the “threat to intelligent life”. But it needs to do more than that.
