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Storage

Alinta mulling huge battery storage in Pilbara to displace gas generation
Alinta looking at installing one of world’s largest battery storage arrays to displace cost of gas it uses for back-up in the Pilbara.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 2, 2016

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Renewables

Santos ‘hopenomics’ on oil price
Santos’ estimates of the future oil price makes some very bold assumptions that will test the bullishness of brokers and analysts.
Julien Vincent

Aug 30, 2016

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Renewables

Australia’s natural-gas cartel is bleeding Australia
It’s hard to overstate the bizarre nature of the gas market in Australia.
Bruce Robertson

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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How gas profited from S.A. market dominance, and blamed renewables
The gas industry profited enormously from electricity price spikes in South Australia. The media also played a role, using renewables as a scapegoat.
Andrew Stock

Aug 18, 2016

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Renewables

The solution to Australia’s gas crisis is not more gas
Many are proposing the obvious , but wrong, solution to Australia’s crisis : develop more gas production resources. But this path fails for several reasons.
Alan Pears

Aug 4, 2016

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Renewables

BNEF says broken gas market main offender in SA energy “crisis”
BNEF report says poorly functioning gas market main cause of SA power price spike, blaming renewables “erroneous and simplistic.”
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 3, 2016

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Renewables

Energy minister right on renewables and climate, wrong on gas
Josh Frydenberg’s apparent shift in thinking on renewables is welcome, but his call to end moratoriums on unconventional gas is profoundly out of step.
Cam Walker

Jul 28, 2016

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Renewables

Failed gas unit caused biggest spike in electricity price, regulator says
Biggest spike in electricity prices in South Australia in last week of June caused by failure of gas generation unit, regulator says.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 25, 2016

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Markets

How gas generators cashed in on South Australia’s “energy crisis”
New analysis shows how gas generators cashed in on the recent big spikes in wholesale electricity prices in Australia. But they were not the only ones to benefit. The regulator is investigating to check that all is above board, but it’s complicated.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 22, 2016

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Renewables

Gas generators called out for exploiting NEM flaw, creating “obscene price spikes”
The Australia Institute says gas are generators are driving “obscene” power price spikes by choosing to exploit an energy market failure, rather than fulfil their role of complementing renewables.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 20, 2016

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