ESB

Coal

Why the ESB’s “capacity mechanism” will make Australia’s energy crisis worse
Would a capacity mechanism have helped avoid this crisis? The short answer is no. The long answer is actually worse.
Tim Nelson & Joel Gilmore

Jun 23, 2022

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Featured

Enova: How Australia’s best green retailer became victim of fossil fuel energy war
Who killed Enova Energy? A market designed for big fossil fuel companies, and by rule makers who don’t understand that small can be beautiful.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 22, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Hardly anyone supports the ESB’s capacity market. So why is it still on the table?
The ESB’s proposed capacity mechanism has very few supporters, even among the main generator lobby group. So why hasn’t it been ditched for cheaper, smarter alternatives?
Giles Parkinson

Jun 21, 2022

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ESB

ESB’s capacity market proposal could cost billions, more than the carbon price
The ESB has looked at only one side of the capacity question. If energy ministers do not support its proposals, then the ESB should be wound up.
Tristan Edis and Johanna Bowyer

Jun 21, 2022

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Markets

Why isn’t the ESB designing a policy to bring on bulk renewable energy?
Introducing new market designs – like those put forward by the ESB – without an explicit statement of the carbon implications is beyond the pale.
David Leitch

Jun 20, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Coal included in re-heated proposal for controversial capacity payments
“Coalkeeper” looms large as the ESB insists it is “more efficient” to keep existing coal generators online. Just a shame about the environment.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 20, 2022

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Governments

Energy crisis: Government has been thinking about batteries the wrong way
We have to start thinking about batteries in completely new ways. They aren’t just our backstop insurance policy, they are the pathway to energy independence and a decarbonised economy.
Hannah McCaughey

Jun 9, 2022

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Featured

Chris Bowen needs flexibility to avoid capacity market trap set by fossil fuel lobby
Bowen says ESB to release capacity market proposals within days. He needs to take care it is not a prop for fossil fuels, and is truly “flexible”.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 9, 2022

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Institutions

Capacity mechanism isn’t the right fix to this energy crisis
Capacity markets might sound like a good idea, but would be complex and costly, and wouldn’t provide protection against our current crisis.
Declan Kelly

Jun 8, 2022

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Renewables

Australia has the resources to be a renewable energy superpower, now it needs a plan
The last federal government has left a considerable mess in the electricity sector for the incoming Labor government to clean up.
Simon Corbell

May 24, 2022

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