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Renewables

Why 5-minute settlement will make such a difference to battery storage
5-minute settlement will encourage investment in battery storage that would not have occurred under the existing 30-minute regime.
Warwick Forster

Sep 11, 2020

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Renewables

Solar pushes Queensland daytime grid demand to lowest level in 16 years
Rooftop solar pushes daytime grid demand in Queensland to its lowest level since late in 2004.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 24, 2020

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Wind and solar output surge to new record high in main grid
Wind and solar smash output records in the National Electricity Market, combining to hit 11.8GW for the first time.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 21, 2020

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Electric Vehicles

Are 19 million electric vehicle batteries equal to five Snowy 2.0s?
Australia’s car fleet – if fully electric – could provide as much storage five Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro schemes. Here’s why.
Bjorn Sturmberg

Jul 31, 2020

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Policy & Planning

One in, all in. Making community scale batteries work in the NEM
Community-scale batteries are all the rage on Western Australia’s government-run grid. And what’s not to like? But what about the rest of Australia?
Mark Byrne

Jul 30, 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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Markets

Wind and solar could play key role in future of Australia’s aluminium industry
Wind and solar could play key role in the future of Australia’s aluminium industry, particularly as dependence on coal becomes a liability rather than an asset.
David Leitch

Apr 28, 2020

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Renewables

Australia deploying new renewables at ten times global average
New report confirms special status of Australia as “global pathfinder” for renewable energy, deploying new wind and solar 10 times faster per capita than the global average.
Andrew Blakers and Matthew Stocks

Apr 16, 2020

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Renewables

Australian renewables nudge milestone 25% share in last 12 months
Latest report shows renewables, including rooftop solar, fell just a fraction short of a 25% share of Australia’s main grid in past 12 months.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 15, 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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Solar

Solar records continue to fall, as large-scale generation hits new highs
Booming large-scale renewables market and lots of sunshine combine to deliver highest big solar output on record, Australian Energy Market Operator data shows.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 11, 2020

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Renewables

New trading platform aims to unlock investment in renewables, big batteries
Digital energy trading Renewable Energy Hub aims to drive project finance and investment in renewables and “firming technologies” like battery storage.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 3, 2020

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