Latest data from SunWiz shows Australia’s rooftop solar market is back on track in May, with the exception of some “worrying” figures coming out of NSW.
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Chart of the day: Australia’s gas exports must decline for world to meet net zero by 2050
Australia’s gas export industry will be crushed by the shift to net zero emissions. Curiously, the gas industry failed to mention that.
Chart of the Day: Record wind output on Australia’s main grid on Tuesday
Wind output reaches a new record high on Australia’s main grid on Tuesday night.
Australia’s main grid hits record renewables high of 56 per cent on Sunday
Australia’s main grid hits record share of renewables on Sunday, despite many wind and solar farms switching off to dodge negative prices.
Chart of the day: Coal mining relies on implausible growth forecasts
Australia’s government has consistently forecasted rising coal exports, but the reality has been vey different.
Chart of the day: Plummeting battery costs defy expectations
Like wind and solar, the costs of battery storage are plummeting far faster than anyone expected.
Australia achieves record large solar energy output on Friday
Utility scale solar output its hits record level in Australia’s main grid on Friday, although it was still just half that of rooftop solar on households and business.
Chart of the day: Every US state with more wind power than Texas
Did you know that Texas isn’t even that great a performer in terms of proportion of wind power? Here’s every state that’s better!
Wind tops coal as number one generation source on major US grid
Wind surpassed coal as primary generation source in 2020 for Southwest Power Pool, the grid that supplies a vast territory stretching from Texas to the Canadian border.
Solar and wind farms – and even some coal units – learn to dodge negative prices
Solar and wind farms are becoming adept at dancing around negative pricing events. Even some brown coal generators are showing surprising flexibility.
