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Renewables

Eraring effect on future prices is a damning indictment of transmission planning
A huge wedge between electricity futures in the northern and southern NEM states suggests the market continues to see transmission constraints stuffing up prices.
David Leitch

Feb 28, 2022

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Solar

Know your NEM: Solar steps up to support unreliable summer coal
Booming rooftop solar is not only helping break variable renewable records, it also it means resilience to thermal plant breakdowns in the middle of the day.
David Leitch

Dec 14, 2021

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“Urgent and extensive:” AEMO updates must-do list as grid charges to 100% renewables
AEMO sets out a “must-do” list to fill in knowledge gaps of how to manage a grid heading for “uncharted operating conditions.”
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 9, 2021

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Solar

Rooftop solar PV smashes generation record on main grid
Rooftop solar sets new record output on Australia’s electricity grid, easily beating the previous record as household installations continue to surge.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 6, 2021

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Coal

The post 2025 energy market must plan for a grid without coal
The Energy Security Board is devising ways to keep the grid operating along the rocky road of the renewables transition. But is it looking far enough ahead?
Tim Finnigan

Mar 22, 2021

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Gas

Renewables shine over Australian summer, as gas share slumps to new lows
Renewables supplied six times more power than gas generators over the most recent Australian summer, the Climate Council reports.
Michael Mazengarb

Mar 16, 2021

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Australian renewables hit new high of 52.9 per cent
Yet another renewables record falls, reaching nearly 53% of main grid as energy minister rolls out 15-month old data to support his “gas is great’ argument.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 2, 2020

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Markets

Cheap electricity is back, and the next casualty will be a coal fired generator
The recent decline in electricity prices is astonishing. And with 6GW-plus wind and solar about to enter the grid, the next big casualty will be a coal generator.
David Leitch

May 14, 2020

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Renewables

Recipe for cheaper electricity? Try 90 per cent renewables by 2040
Energy minister Angus Taylor said “too much” wind and solar would push up prices. Experience, and new modelling, shows the opposite is true.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 29, 2020

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Renewables keep crunching Australia’s electricity emissions – no thanks to federal policy
Latest National Energy Emissions Audits show large-scale renewables generation – increasingly big solar – still driving steady fall in electricity sector emissions, while a thriving rooftop PV market cancels out any increase in grid power consumption. But will the dearth of federal policy take a toll?
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 9, 2020

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