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Wind and solar supply more than 50 pct of Australia’s main grid for first time
Wind and solar provide more than 50 per cent of supply for Australia’s main grid for more than three hours on Saturday.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 3, 2020

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South Australia wind and solar served stunning 73% of demand in September
Wind and solar reach record share of 73.3 per cent of South Australia demand in the month of September.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 2, 2020

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CleanTech Bites

Flexible exports: It looks like the future of rooftop solar for households
Trials in South Australia and Victoria to test “dynamic exports”, giving power to networks to manage rooftop solar exports and removing static export limits.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 2, 2020

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Coal

Installers blamed for rooftop PV failures when bushfires separated grids
Installers blamed for rooftop PV failures when bushfires separated grids, but coal plants also did the opposite of what was required and even the Hornsdale battery missed its mark.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 2, 2020

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Morrison claims gas needed because batteries can’t yet firm wind and solar
Morrison says more gas needed because battery technologies can’t firm renewables at scale. Energy experts disagree.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 1, 2020

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Renewables

Enough new wind and solar locked in to kill three coal generators by 2025
Committed wind and solar projects will take renewables share to about 42% by 2025, and add enough new capacity to force closure of up to three coal generators.
David Leitch

Oct 1, 2020

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Regulator seeks quick fix to stop wind and solar farms ducking out of market
Regulator finalises “light touch” changes to market rules that will prevent wind and solar dropping capacity with no notice when prices go negative.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 30, 2020

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Renewables

“We cut through the politics:” Zibelman says rapid transition to renewables “not a choice”
Zibelman says renewables share will approach 70 per cent “regularly” by 2030, but engineering and economics has and will cut through the politics.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 30, 2020

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Coal

“We are headed for step change:” ESB’s Kerry Schott on new market design
ESB chair Kerry Schott on why new market design will take grid beyond “engineers in brown cardigans” and governments that “buggerise around”.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 30, 2020

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Audrey Zibelman to leave AEMO to take new role at Google X
Updated with reaction: AEMO boss Audrey Zibelman to leave at end of the year to take a new job at Google’s X “moonshot factory” in San Francisco.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 29, 2020

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Wind

Tilt allowed to expand Dundonnell output, hopes for full production by year’s end
After being hit by unanticipated grid connection issues, Tilt Renewables says its massive Dundonnell wind farm in Victoria is on track to be working at full capacity by summer.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 29, 2020

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Black coal generation hits new low, as wind and solar reshape Australian grid
Black coal generation hits new low on Saturday as combined output of wind and solar matches that of black and brown coal and gas generation.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 28, 2020

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