AEMO Archives - Page 3 of 23 - Renew Economy

Explainers

Wholesale gas prices have risen far more than electricity: It needs a substitute
Wholesale gas prices have jumped, and gas reserves are expensive. Why not free up existing gas supplies by hastening the process of substitution.
David Leitch

May 29, 2025

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Commentary

The complex truth about gas and renewables
Energy policy in Australia has long suffered at the hands of a simple lie being easier to accept than a complex truth.
Kane Thornton

May 16, 2025

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Solar

Engie cancels solar and battery hybrid project following community objections
Engie cancels plans for a solar battery hybrid after community pushback against the rows of PV modules, and may now look at just a standalone battery.
Rachel Williamson

May 15, 2025

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Renewables

“There is no going back:” AEMO bids goodbye to baseload grid and spins high renewable future
AEMO says there is “no going back” to a baseload and peaking power system, but for the moment prefers spinning machines over battery inverters for system security.
Giles Parkinson

May 1, 2025

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Wind

Major blooper on wind output has stranded some of Australia’s best projects with no grid access
A wrong call on wind output has left some of Australia’s best wind projects stranded without a grid connection. Many say the error was avoidable, but is it reversible?
Giles Parkinson

Apr 24, 2025

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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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