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Innovation, disruption and the utility business model
The power sector’s rapid transformation has barely started, but implications for incumbents are beginning to be felt and speculated.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

Jul 26, 2017

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Commentary

National Electricity Market has served its purpose – it’s time to move on
The NEM has failed. Its very narrow economic objective was to provide low prices, reliable and safe energy, and to act in the long term interests of consumers. It hasn’t.
Alan Pears

Jul 17, 2017

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PV plant built on nuke site as renewables surpass nuclear
A 1MW plant on the site of half-built nuclear power plant in Tennessee is a harbinger of things to come in the US and global electricity mixes.
Christian Roselund

Jul 10, 2017

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Storage

Solar and wind tipping points: One down and one to go
There is no question now that solar and wind will dominate the future of electricity. The question is how fast.
Seb Henbest

Jun 28, 2017

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Markets

Power plays: time to think about buying back the grid
Electricity is just a symptom of the perils of populous governments. The only solution is to nationalise the lot.
Rob Campbell

Jun 21, 2017

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Renewables

Wind, solar account for 10% of US generation for first time
For the first time, wind and solar exceeded 10% of total electricity generation in the US for the month of March.
Owen Comstock

Jun 19, 2017

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Renewables

Graph of the Day: UK has first coal-free day since industrial revolution
UK goes without coal power for 24 hours; a first since start of industrial revolution, but set to become “more and more common.”
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 24, 2017

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Markets

Fast Frequency Service: Treating the symptom, not the cause?
Changes in the approach to frequency control on synchronous units has resulted in changes that have compromised the resilience of the power system to frequency variations.
Kate Summers

Mar 24, 2017

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Utilities

How do you solve a problem like the NEO?
While the Finkel Review recognises Australia’s “energy trilemma” – security, affordability and sustainability – we have a market that recognises only the first two of these objectives.
Mark Byrne

Mar 7, 2017

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Utilities

The case for renationalising Australia’s electricity grid
The promised outcomes of reform – cheaper and more reliable electricity, competitive markets and rational investment decisions – are further away than ever.
John Quiggin

Mar 7, 2017

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Storage

Our power grid is crying out for capacity, but should we open the gas valves?
With high gas prices partly to blame for the electricity blackouts that hit SA this month, and gas-fired generators caught short in NSW two days later, there are calls for Australia’s onshore gas to flow much more freely.
Dylan McConnell

Feb 24, 2017

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Want electricity reform? Start by giving power back to the states
What can sensibly be done to get us Australia out of its current electricity market mess? The real problem is not renewables – it’s poor governance.
Bruce Mountain

Feb 15, 2017

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