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Renew Economy: Australia’s main grid came close to a new record for wind energy output over the weekend, as two new wind projects began production for the first time, although the contribution of the newly connected projects remained minimal. According to grid wind watchers, including Global Roam’s Paul McArdle, it was “blowing a gale” over […]
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Renew Economy: Spark Renewables, part of the listed network investment company Spark Infrastructure, is proposing a massive 2.5GW wind, solar and battery storage hub in south west NSW, in the heart of a planned renewable energy zone. The Dinawan Energy Hub and the direct investment in wind, solar and battery storage is part of a […]
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Renew Economy: AGL Energy is to mothball one of the four units at the Torrens B gas generator in South Australia, as traditional fossil fuel generators struggle in the face of the rapid transition to wind and solar and the switch from baseload generation to flexible capacity. AGL said falling spot and forward wholesale electricity […]
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Renew Economy: Lumea, the commercial offshoot of transmission company TransGrid, has announced plans for a 300MW big battery in Melbourne that it is describing as a “first of its kind” in Australia because it will be the first to be fully financed without using government funding or contracts. The 300MW battery at the Deer Park […]
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Renew Economy: Aldi Australia says it has hit the target of powering all of its operations with 100 per cent renewable electricity six months ahead of schedule, marking a national first for major supermarkets and setting a cracking pace for the rest of corporate Australia. The Australian arm of the German supermarket chain said on […]
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The government doesn’t need an EV tax to fund roads
The New South Wales Government has released its five yearly Intergenerational Report. As part of the process, NSW Treasury produces deeply researched technical papers into a number of relatively narrow topics. This week it published a piece on the sensitivity to global coal demand and the broader energy transition. In two pages (pp 24-25) this […]
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Renew Economy: Two new massive offshore wind farms have been proposed for either side of Bass Strait, taking the growing pipeline of projects in a technology that has yet to be deployed in Australia to more than 25 gigawatts. An Australian based company, Brookvale Energy, is looking at an offshore wind project in Tasmanian waters […]
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ABC News: A renewable solar-hydro energy plant to be built on the Liddell coal-fired power station site in the NSW Upper Hunter is being hailed as an investment in economic opportunity and livability in the region. AGL, which operates the soon-to-close Liddell site, has engaged Australian energy firm RayGen to develop the new plant, which […]
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More pragmatic focus would be incentivising industry and modernizing the grid
8 June 2021 (IEEFA Australia): A new tax on EV users is unnecessary as the Australian (Commonwealth) government is well placed to deal with the potential revenue impact of the inevitable move to electric vehicles, finds a new briefing note by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). Global automotive manufacturers have committed almost […]
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Renew Economy: Origin Energy has quietly informed the Australian Energy Market Operator that the first units of its 2,800MW Eraring coal generator in NSW – the biggest in the country – will close in 2030. The revelation comes in the latest data published by AEMO’s “Generator expected closure year” document – a spreadsheet input into […]
IEEFA Australia: Coal plant closures imminent as renewable energy surges
Several coal power plants in the National Electricity Market likely to be financially unviable by 202524 February 2020 (IEEFA Australia): Several of the 16 coal power plants in the National Electricity Market (NEM) will be financially unviable and at least one is likely to face closure several years sooner than planned due to coal plants’ poor flexibility and inability to adapt to a rapid influx of renewable energy, finds a new […]