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Market operator explains why the lights won’t go out with wind, solar and storage
The federal Coalition insists the lights will go out in transition to wind and solar. AEMO has now released a video explaining why they won’t, following CSIRO’s defence of science.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Rooftop solar ducks would eat nuclear’s lunch. So will Coalition slow PV or pay to store it?
In a grid reshaped by wind and solar, and rooftop PV in particular, there is a lot of space for fast and flexible “firming” capacity, but not for baseload technologies like nuclear.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 19, 2024

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Policy & Planning

“Prohibitive:” Australia’s biggest energy consumers and producers say no to nuclear, but is Coalition listening?
The biggest utilities and the biggest energy consumers say they don’t want nuclear. So who does the Coalition expect to pay for it?
Giles Parkinson

Mar 18, 2024

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Renewables

CSIRO defends GenCost – and science – as Coalition and Murdoch go nuclear against key institutions
Coalition’s repeated attacks prompts CSIRO boss to publish an open letter defending GenCost report, and science in general, as country’s biggest energy consumer, and AGL reject the technology as too costly.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 15, 2024

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Policy & Planning

“It takes too long:” Solar and wind farm blockers to be weeded out to fast-track renewable projects
Victoria premier says planning delays have meant that instead of spinning turbines, “we’re too often left spinning our wheels.”
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 14, 2024

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Renewables

Australia’s biggest smelter to launch massive wind and solar tender, says nuclear too costly
The biggest single energy consumer in Australia, the Tomago smelter, is about to launch a massive tender for wind and solar. It says nuclear is too expensive.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 13, 2024

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Storage

Not enough droughts and hefty network charges: The big barriers to grid storage
Two new studies identify major potholes for storage along the road towards a 100 per cent renewable energy grid.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 12, 2024

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Policy & Planning

How new wind, solar and batteries would keep lights on in NSW heatwave, even without Eraring
Would the NSW grid have fallen short if last week’s record demand occurred after Eraring closure? New analysis says no, if current wind, solar and battery projects delivered on time.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Nuclear slow and expensive, renewables fast and cheap: Bowen slaps down Coalition “fantasy”
Bowen says nuclear is “utterly uneconomic” and just the latest iteration of the Coalition culture war on energy and climate.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s third offshore wind zone shrinks dramatically to avoid rock lobsters
New offshore wind zone in western Victoria shrinks to one fifth of original size as it avoids rock lobsters and South Australia.
Sophie Vorrath & Rachel Williamson

Mar 6, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Peter Dutton’s climate denial is morphing into a madcap nuclear fantasy. The ban should stay
Alan Kohler says nuclear ban should be lifted, because the “market” will decide. He’s wrong. The market has not decided on nuclear for decades. The Coalition should know this.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 5, 2024

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Renewables

AGL plans huge 2GW, 2,000 MWh wind, solar and battery hub in NSW
AGL – still the country’s biggest coal generator and polluter – unveils plans for a new joint venture in south-west NSW that would include 1.5 GW of wind and solar and a giant four hour battery.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 4, 2024

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