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Policy & Planning

Graph of the Day: SA higher gas output mirrors higher power price
Today’s SA chart illustrates the simple fact that as gas power increases penetration in the state, the electricity pool price climbs higher.
Ketan Joshi

Aug 17, 2017

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Storage

Tasmania talks up renewables, ignores battery storage, gets stuck on gas
Tasmanian Energy Security report reasserts the importance of more diverse renewable energy supply. But ignores battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 17, 2017

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Renewables

SA power-to-gas pilot to trial long-term renewable storage option
ARENA-backed project to test whether excess solar and wind can be used to produce cheap hydrogen, and as a long-term energy storage option.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 9, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Australian coal, gas miners seek renewable energy projects
Australian oil, gas and coal mining body, NERA, issues call for cleantech, renewable energy partnerships, says timing is “spot on” for collaboration.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 19, 2017

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Commentary

Know your NEM: Generator Reliability Option might be dumb idea
The COAG endorsement of the Finkel Review (apart from the CET) won’t mean much in the short term, but the generator reliability option might be a dumb idea. Meantime, smart companies are showing how to save costs with solar and storage.
David Leitch

Jul 17, 2017

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New back-up rule means end of cheap wind power in South Australia
The ability of wind power to deliver significant price falls in South Australia has been eroded by new rules that require more expensive gas generators to operate at times of high wind output. The days of “negative pricing” may be over.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 4, 2017

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Markets

Baseload and firming prices: Is there really a market signal for storage?
It’s not clear that there is a sufficient reward to justify much new investment in storage and firming capacity, given the presence of Snowy, Tas Hydro, and existing gas and coal generation.
David Leitch

Jun 19, 2017

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Coal

If Glencore wants cheap energy for Mt Isa, it should go solar
Glencore says future of Mt Isa, and 2,000 jobs, is at risk due to rising energy prices. But it only has itself to blame, because it stupidly chose gas over renewables when given the option in 2011.
Giles Parkinson

May 30, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Boosting gas production a “false solution” to confected crisis: report
Push to unlock more of Australia’s unconventional gas resources and build massive pipelines has been labelled a “false solution” to a non-existent problem.
Sophie Vorrath

May 18, 2017

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Markets

Gas could be the most expensive, least reliable path to grid stability
Why a system with a large proportion of gas turbines is possibly more vulnerable to short term instability than a modern renewable based system with storage.
Peter Farley

May 12, 2017

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Renewables

Report: Near-total renewable energy systems cheaper than gas in 2030
Climate Policy Initiative stresses flexibility and shows how energy storage and limited gas generation can support a power system dominated by renewables at a lower cost than conventional generation.
Christian Roselund

May 3, 2017

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Markets

Turnbull wants to subsidise coal AND gas transport
PM suggests public money could be used to subsidise gas pipelines in northern Australia, as well as underwriting rail plans of Indian coal giant Adani.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 27, 2017

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