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Renewables

Renewables option $1.3 billion cheaper than keeping Liddell open
Report finds combination of wind power, smart controls and energy efficiency would cost $2.2bn over five years, compared to $3.6bn to keep coal plant open.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 20, 2017

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Storage

Extending Liddell could be more expensive than solar plus storage
RepuTex says extending life of ageing Liddell coal generator would result in higher costs than new large scale solar project with battery storage.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 11, 2017

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Markets

More wind and solar – the answer to all Turnbull’s energy problems
Barnaby Joyce may well want to paint racing stripes down the side of the Liddell coal generator, and hang dice from its smoke stacks, but the answer to Turnbull’s energy dilemma is exactly what he doesn’t want it to be: more wind and solar.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 28, 2017

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Storage

AGL plans its own “big battery” and renewables to replace Liddell
AGL outlines plans to install 250MW of battery storage at Liddell, and to invest in Bayswater upgrade, new gas generators, demand response, and huge amount of wind and solar to replace Liddell.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 27, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Liddell: It would cost $900 million to keep it open another 10 years
Liddell coal generator visit reveals a work-force that wants it to close. Even betting agencies are punting on its closure.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 19, 2017

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Coal

EnergyAustralia sees better, much cheaper options than Liddell
EnergyAustralia’s Mark Collette tells ABC TV replacing Liddell by 2022 not a problem, but a race to the future and a huge industry opportunity.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 14, 2017

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Commentary

How to replace Liddell with a dispatchable renewable energy plant
Wev’e done the modelling on how to replace Liddell with a dispatchable renewable energy plant – including wind, solar, storage and gas. We just need politicians to get out of the way and get on the bus.
David Leitch

Sep 14, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

More coal doesn’t equal more peak power
The proposed closure date for AGL’s ancient and unreliable coal power station, is five years and probably two elections away.
Alan Pears

Sep 13, 2017

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Markets

Liddell coal plant fails on cost, as well as reliability and emissions
Here’s the uncomfortable truth for the federal government: Keeping Liddell open will possibly make electricity prices higher and electricity less reliable. The fuel cost alone is over $60 MWh and may increase.
David Leitch

Sep 13, 2017

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Commentary

Know your NEM: Corporate PPAs only movement in flat market
In a week where energy politics took centre state over market news, the most interesting development was the signing by retailer Flow Energy of a 10-year 50MW PPA with Ararat wind farm in Victoria.
David Leitch

Sep 12, 2017

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Storage

Turnbull’s rooftop PV and storage may be more useful to grid than Liddell
PM is chuffed about his rooftop PV and storage, and so he should be. Installations like that will be of greater value to the grid than Liddell, which is a similar age and condition to the Hazelwood generator Turnbull admitted was “very old” and no longer viable.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 8, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Liddell: Climate change and air pollution medical negligence
With an estimated 3000 deaths pa and many illnesses in Australia due to heart and lung disease from air pollution The Prime Minister’s proposal to keep open heavily polluting Liddell as the solution to his government’s failures in energy policy must be condemned.
David Shearman

Sep 6, 2017

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