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The CIS dash to 23 gigawatts of wind and solar by 2030

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A key issue in Australia is decarbonising electricity. Along the journey we have found many obstacles, but we have more or less maintained a pace. Is it quick enough?

Using data from Global Roam’s NEM Review and using a 180 day moving average, which lags a little bit but also shows the seasonality, we can see at once how far we’ve come, and how far we have to go. We are not yet half way there.

Data:Global Roam

For those that are interested and using ITK’s forecasting model we predict this figure will develop as shown below.

The figure is a meld of the history, shown above, with ITK’s half hourly forecasts from our forecasting model.

History: Global Roam, Fast, ITK

The biggest policy driver between now and 2030 is the Federal Govt’s Capacity Investment Scheme. Although there are separate tenders for dispatchible power – which in practice mostly means batteries – and energy I focus very heavily on the energy component. That calls for 23 GW of new wind and solar to be operational by 2030.

After having said a couple of times on our weekly Energy Insiders podcast that none of the capacity awarded in the first 6 GW tender had yet reached FID (Final Investment Decision) I was contacted by someone that actually knows what they are talking about.

They pointed out that two solar projects have indeed reached FID – one, a small solar project (Mokoan), is operating, and a larger one (Goulburn River) has entered construction.

As such here is the ITK version of the CIS 23 GW by 2030 tracker.

Data: wwww.renewmap.com.au

Data:www.renewmap.com.au


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David Leitch is a regular contributor to Renew Economy and co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. He is principal at ITK, specialising in analysis of electricity, gas and decarbonisation drawn from 33 years experience in stockbroking research & analysis for UBS, JPMorgan and predecessor firms.

David Leitch

David Leitch is a regular contributor to Renew Economy and co-host of the weekly Energy Insiders Podcast. He is principal at ITK, specialising in analysis of electricity, gas and decarbonisation drawn from 33 years experience in stockbroking research & analysis for UBS, JPMorgan and predecessor firms.

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