AEMC to fast-track assessment of new rules requiring energy regulators to undertake annual reviews of energy system security risks.
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Reliability Obligation triggered for first time, to fill gap left by Liddell closure
Regulators trigger Retailer Reliability Obligation for the very first time, acting to fill a generation shortfall to be left by closure of Liddell.
Grid operators turn to wind, solar and batteries as system issues grow
Grid and network operators look to wind, solar and battery storage to supply the essential grid services to be lost as coal and gas plants decline.
South Australia doubles size of reserve capacity deal with Hornsdale battery
Updated: Tesla big battery at Hornsdale to double reserve capacity it makes available to state government to help plug gap in inertia.
Dundonnell wind farm approved to move to near full output
Tilt Renewables says Dundonnell cleared to move to next level of production, lifting output to 295MW and using all 80 turbines.
Why are the blades not spinning at Australia’s biggest wind farm?
Australia’s biggest wind farm is more or less complete, but its 149 turbines are standing idle more than a year after the original timetable for production. But we are not told why.
Liddell unit out for summer after transformer failure injures worker, triggers RERT
A worker has been seriously injured an a ‘transformer incident’ at the Liddell power station, with a unit likely remain offline for the rest of the summer.
Export superpower: AEMO to model even faster paths to net zero emissions
AEMO to model faster paths to net zero emissions, with new “Export Superpower” scenario to assume Australia to get there by 2040, and more rapid emission cuts in electricity grid.
Taylor’s emissions projections assume rapid and accelerated exit of coal power
Angus Taylor’s emissions reduction forecasts assume even faster cuts than those contemplated in AEMO’s step change scenario, and accelerated coal closures.
Taylor intervenes in RERT scheme to pay smelter to act like giant battery
Taylor intervenes in RERT market to pay smelter to act like a “big battery”, but not in the way that energy experts have been advocating.
