Origin Energy rolls out flexible energy trial in South Australia, allowing commercial and industrial customers to align demand with renewables output.
Origin teams with UK start-up in SA demand-response trial
Utilities
Know your NEM: Laws of physics grind slowly, but surely
With energy policy set to remain a political battleground in Australia, physics, in the form of global warming, will continue to gradually push decarbonization to the top of the policy agenda.
NSW network to trial 1MWh grid support battery, as new suburbs boom
MPower tapped by Endeavour Energy to install 1MWh battery on network in NSW, in a trial hoped to save $1m a year on grid costs.
Many utilities believe cyberattacks could bring down the electric distribution grid
Coupled with anticipated risk to employee and customer safety and physical assets, unprepared distribution utilities must act now to improve cybersecurity capabilities.
Australian household electricity prices may be 25% higher than official reports
The IEA may be underestimating Australian household energy bills by 25% because of a lack of accurate data from the federal government.
The Pears Report: Only asset write downs will fix network costs
Only asset write-downs will fix soaring prices, but policymakers and governments seem reluctant to unravel this welfare scheme for powerful incumbents.
AGL plans its own “big battery” and renewables to replace Liddell
AGL outlines plans to install 250MW of battery storage at Liddell, and to invest in Bayswater upgrade, new gas generators, demand response, and huge amount of wind and solar to replace Liddell.
Origin Energy trials solar trading with blockchain start-up Power Ledger
Origin Energy will trial peer-to-peer solar energy trading using the blockchain-based platform of Perth start-up Power Ledger.
Queensland big solar boom continues, as another 150MW project approved
Queensland’s Western Downs Region continues large-scale solar boom, with approval of 300MW battery ready Beelbee PV farm.
Coal country backs renewable energy: Poll
A new ReachTEL poll, commissioned by The Australia Institute’s Climate and Energy Program, asked residents of the electorates of Hunter and Shortland about energy policy, including government investment in coal, renewables and the Liddell coal power station.
