Institutions Archives - Page 23 of 94 - Renew Economy

Consumers pay the hefty price of Australia’s fossil fuel addiction
Consumers pay price of fossil fuel addiction with retail electricity prices set to jump again in July across all of the mainland NEM states.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 15, 2023

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Policy & Planning

Bowen plays down power price fears, fans flames of hope and hype from gas lobby
Federal energy minister seeks to downplay power price fears, and provides some nuggets to feed the gas industry chooks.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 14, 2023

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Storage

Another big battery wanted to help replace Australia’s biggest coal generator
NSW is launching a new tender – likely for a big battery – focused on the “firming” gap created by the planned retirement of Australia’s biggest coal generator.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 14, 2023

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Solar

“Making dumb solar smart:” Push to bring old rooftop PV into new world of flexible exports
Arena-backed trial will see energy retailers offer innovative incentives to customers to enable access to their existing rooftop solar systems.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 10, 2023

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Coal

Queensland to convert coal and gas hub with giant battery, solar and hydrogen
Queensland advances plan to turn coal and gas generation facility into a green energy hub with battery storage, solar, and green hydrogen.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 9, 2023

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Australia is still trailing well behind 82 pct renewable target, despite investment bump
Australian renewables and storage financial commitments get big bump in December quarter, but is still trailing well behind needed to replace ageing coal plants.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 9, 2023

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Markets

Australia’s five minute settlement rule for electricity markets: Has it worked?
When the NEM finally introduced five-minute settlement it was expected to reward cheap, nimble and flexible generators like batteries. But what actually happened?
Christina Nikitopoulos & Muthe Mwampashi

Mar 8, 2023

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Wind and solar projects smashed by line losses and changing coal power flows
Some of Australia’s pioneering wind and solar projects among those badly affected – ironically – by coal plant closures and changing grid flows.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2023

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Wind and solar output hits new records as heat waves sweep across country
The spate of heatwaves across Australia has coincided with some wind and solar output records. So how much storage will we really need?
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2023

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Humiliated ESB reacts badly to its policy rejections, industry wants it shut down
ESB has not reacted well to its latest policy humiliation. Critics say it should be wound up.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 1, 2023

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The NEM’s frequency behaviour – how is it going with all this new wind and solar?
Do wind and solar projects affect frequency in the main grid? And how to they compare to other technologies? A deep dive into an essential grid service.
Bruce Miller

Feb 27, 2023

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Featured

Big win for wind, solar and storage as ministers reject ESB on grid congestion
Energy ministers dump another controversial ESB proposal in big win for wind, solar and storage projects over grid congestion issues.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 24, 2023

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