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Renewables

AEMO report into SA blackout raises questions, answers none
Preliminary report into SA blackout appears designed to help the Coalition to beat state ministers around the head about renewables. But the AEMO report fails to answer key question, including how it handled events in the lead up to the storms.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 5, 2016

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Smart Energy

The $1.2 billion saving Australia’s electricity rule-maker just knocked back
The governing body for our energy market, the Australian Energy Market Commission, has just missed a major opportunity to modernise our electricity networks.
Jay Rutovitz

Sep 28, 2016

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Victoria’s new renewables policy, and why it could learn from South Africa
Victoria plans biggest investment in new generation capacity in Australia since creation of the National Electricity Market. It would do well to learn from South Africa.
Bruce Mountain and Vivienne Roberts

Sep 15, 2016

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Markets

Energy efficiency prices fall as commercial lighting booms
The success of commercial lighting continued to weigh heavily on energy efficiency prices in Victoria, while audit delays causes prices to rise in NSW.
Marco Stella

Sep 7, 2016

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Markets

Energy Disruption: Is there a way to get network tariffs right?
Australian network pricing policy is increasingly dysfunctional. At minimum, it’s a barrier to innovation and progress. At its worst it means inefficient, high cost electricity. So can we fix it?
David Leitch

Sep 2, 2016

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Electric Vehicles

Electric vehicle owners to get discounted power, solar FiT boost in new retail offer
Online energy retailer Click Energy has launched an electricity plan targeting electric vehicle owners, offering lower electricity rates or higher solar feed-in tariff.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 1, 2016

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Renewables

US natural gas emissions to surpass those of coal in 2016
CO2 emissions from burning natural gas for electricity in US will surpass those from burning coal – the globe’s chief climate polluter.
Bobby Magill

Aug 31, 2016

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Tesla

Tesla explains why EVs selling electricity to grid not as good as it sounds
Tesla says it doesn’t make economic sense for EVs to send electricity back to the grid, but concedes that “dynamic charging” of EVs at times convenient to the grid is coming.
Zachary Shahan

Aug 30, 2016

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Markets

Know your NEM: Cold weather sparks jump in volumes, prices
Electricity market volumes and prices jumped on the NEM as a cold snap hit, while Infigen and ERM announced their annual results.
David Leitch

Aug 29, 2016

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Renewables

Ukrainian energy crisis can be solved – with German-style Energiewende
EU and Germany should set up a “Marshall Plan” to bring about a Ukrainian energy transition, rather than trying to maintain Ukraine as a failed gas transit state.
Karel Beckman

Aug 29, 2016

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Markets

New transmission line will open up wind farm opportunities
Spark Infrastructure has first hand experience of the impact that renewables have on the wires and poles business and the opportunities and challenges that presents.
David Leitch

Aug 24, 2016

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Markets

Know your NEM: Spot prices below last year, futures also down
Spot prices were below last year, in all States, possibly reflecting good level of wind generation, soft demand and that most interconnectors seem to be working.
David Leitch

Aug 22, 2016

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