Institutions Archives - Page 35 of 94 - Renew Economy

The strangely invisible energy projects that led to all those “blackout” headlines
AEMO’s latest assessment of reliability generated the predictable “blackout” headlines, but the details tell another story.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 1, 2022

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Claims of industry lobbying as new ISP to model “green gas” alternative to solar
AEMO creates controversy over new ISP scenario that looks at “green gas”, despite overwhelming push to electrification.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 1, 2022

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Coal

Crunch time for grid: More wind, solar, storage and links urgently needed before coal exodus
AEMO puts out call for urgent efforts to ramp up construction of wind, solar, storage and new transmission lines to ensure capacity in place before coal exodus.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 31, 2022

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Market operator still not told of Snowy 2.0 delays, but it won’t be missed much
Snowy Hydro’s owner and its contractor have both said Snowy 2.0 is delayed, but the market operator has not been told. Turns out it won’t make much of a difference.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 31, 2022

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Wind

CEC warns labour shortages could harm Australia’s green energy transition
CEC, engineers and unions says urgent action needed to solve jobs shortages that threaten to throttle Australia’s green energy transition.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 31, 2022

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Markets

Consumers lose faith in energy market as fossil fuelled crisis hits hip pockets
Survey finds consumer confidence at new lows, as bill shock cements perception that Australia’s energy market is broken.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 30, 2022

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Ten years on, Australia’s green bank still has $4.6 billion to spend on clean energy
CEFC has spent nearly $10 billion advancing the green energy transition, but still has $4.5 billion to spend and likely more coming for grid expansion.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2022

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Coal plant outages and rebidding: Why electricity prices surged towards market cap
Latest regulatory report shows how multiple coal plant outages left electricity market at mercy of … other coal plants to rebid small amounts of capacity to guarantee price spikes.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2022

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“Start of a new era:” Market operator bulks up to manage accelerating switch to renewables
AEMO is bulking up with a vastly increased budget to manage the engineering challenges of a rapidly accelerating switch to renewables and storage.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 23, 2022

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Electric Vehicles

Fossil fuel industry may have lost power, but it’s still got its foot on the brakes
The EV Summit in Canberra will likely emerge as a pivotal moment in Australia’s transition to electric vehicles. But there are still powerful forces at work trying to slow it down.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 22, 2022

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Renewables

Even a one year delay in new transmission links will hurt homes and businesses
New modelling shows the impact on consumer electricity bills of delays to the electricity transmission upgrade and build – and it’s not pretty.
Stephanie Bashir

Aug 22, 2022

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Rooftop solar forces new grid demand low in Queensland, crunches coal output
Rooftop solar, a sunny winter’s day and mild weather sent minimum demand in Australia’s most coal dependent grid to record low on Sunday.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 15, 2022

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