AEMO Archives - RenewEconomy

Commentary

Election Watch: The grid doesn’t need more gas to go clean; beer drinkers to pay more tax than gas
Politicians claim we need to dig up more gas to run a clean power grid. It ain’t true.
Ketan Joshi

Mar 26, 2025

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CleanTech Bites

Snowy’s delayed gas plant finally enters grid system, as Forrest closes in on gas import terminal
Snowy Hydro’s delayed, costly and not very hydrogen gas generators have finally entered the grid management system.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 25, 2025

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Electric Vehicles

Network offshoot to roll out 1,000 kerbside EV chargers after regulatory switch, but not everyone is happy
Ausgrid-owned Plus Es will start rolling out its 1000 pole-mounted EV chargers next week after winning a waiver from the AER.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 6, 2025

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Renewables

Batteries and grid upgrades deliver better ratings and revenue for blighted wind and solar farms
Remote wind and solar farms and those in what was once known as the “rhombus of regret” get good news from grid upgrades, but for others it is not so good.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 4, 2025

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Solar

Solar industry irate as Victorians to bear cost of technology to switch off rooftop PV
Industry insiders are angry that Victorians will have to pay networks’ costs of complying with the new solar switch off mechanism.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 26, 2024

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Competition the key to unlock transmission: Report urges fresh approach to critical grid upgrades
Report says opening up tenders and changing how new lines are paid for would radically alter delivery timelines for the transmission upgrades Australia so urgently needs.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 9, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Households will produce more energy than they consume by 2040, and AEMO is paying attention
Rooftop solar, home batteries and other consumer energy resources have been listed alongside large-scale renewables and storage as critical to reliable supply – but work needs to be done to coordinate them.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 30, 2024

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Policy & Planning

New solar, wind and battery boosts reliability outlook, but AEMO says no room for more delay
AEMO says the electricity outlook has improved since 2023, but further delays to projects or dampeners on investment mean “reliability will deteriorate.”
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 29, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Households lose up to an hour of solar power as network tests rooftop PV switch-off
Testing, testing… South Australian households were given little warning as SAPN conducted tests of its rooftop solar curtailment mechanism on Thursday.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 22, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Australia lays ground for reaching 100 pct renewables with new engineering roadmap
AEMO updates roadmap to solve engineering challenges to allow it the grid to run for periods on renewables only, with no burning of fossil fuels.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 16, 2024

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