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Coalition energy policy void could reverse wind and solar price gains
Slump in renewables investment could cut short electricity price declines – and potentially send them back in the opposite direction – under current federal policy settings.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 3, 2020

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Victoria solar farm owners losing $1 million a day from grid constraints
Restrictions on four Victorian large-scale solar farms in mid-September have taken 150MW of solar capacity out of the system and is costing more than $1m lost revenue per day.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 18, 2019

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Coal

Loy Yang A unit returns, just in time for another blistering heat-wave
Unit 2 of AGL Energy’s Loy Yang A to return to service this week after a seven month absence – in time for a major heatwave that will test Victoria’s brown coal generators.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 16, 2019

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Solar

Nevertire solar farm begins sending power to NSW grid
Nevertire Solar Farm starts sending small amounts of its 132MW nameplate capacity to the grid from its location near Warren, in New South Wales’ north-west.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 16, 2019

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Renewables

Renewables supply 30% of NEM demand over entire week for first time
Renewables reach 30 per cent of demand on Australia’s main grid for whole week for the first time.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 20, 2019

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Coal

Coal seen as biggest threat to Victoria power supply
The biggest threat to Victoria’s future power supply comes not from more renewables, but unreliable brown coal power plants, and government efforts to prop up black coal units.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 19, 2019

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Markets

Know your NEM: Coal down, wind and solar through the roof
Share of wind and solar jumps to 18.7%, while share of coal falls an incredible 8% over 12 months.
David Leitch

Nov 5, 2019

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Solar

Queensland Yarranlea solar farm completed, joins queue for network approval
Risen Energy joins “months-long” grid connection queue after completing construction of 121MW Yarranlea solar farm west of Toowoomba in August.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 28, 2019

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Solar

Another solar farm starts up in Queensland as daytime prices stuck near zero
Another solar farm joins Queensland’s electricity grid as day-time wholesale prices remain at or below zero for lengthy periods.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 16, 2019

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Wave

Wind overtaking brown coal is only a matter of time
As Australia’s installed wind capacity rises, wind farms generating more than brown coal plants will happen reasonably often. And this dynamic is only heading in one direction.
Andrew Bray

Sep 12, 2019

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Renewables

Mining giants seek huge wind and solar projects to justify CopperString 2.0
CopperString 2.0 announces “market sounding” for group of major mining companies seeking one million MWh a year of renewable electricity generation over 10 years.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 22, 2019

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Solar

Finley solar farm starts sending power to NSW grid
John Laing’s 175MW Finley Solar Farm – the $170m project contracted to sell power to BlueScope Steel – has begun sending power to the NSW grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 7, 2019

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