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South Australia’s three big batteries have once again played a crucial role in helping the state to avoid black-outs after it was ‘islanded’, once again, from the rest of the National Electricity Market. South Australia’s grid was again separated from Victoria on Monday after a fault at the Heywood terminal left the state fending for itself for […]
Some of Australia’s key solar farms and wind projects have been hit by yet more transmission downgrades, while some have won a reprieve, in the latest draft inter-regional marginal loss factor calculations published by the Australian Energy Market Operator. The draft MLFs for 2020-21 – published just days after the market rule-maker, the Australian Energy […]
Solar Energy provides many benefits for the environment, this article focuses on the financial feasibility of installing solar power on a residential rooftop. Solar Choice publishes a solar price index each month with the current pricing state by state, for different system sizes. The pricing the below table includes the upfront STC rebate provided […]
Western Australia is forging ahead with its new approach to fringe-of-grid power supply, with the roll out of another 100 solar and battery-based stand-alone power systems. The solar and battery systems, combined with backup generators, will be installed by state-owned network operator Western Power in W.A.’s Mid-West, Goldfields, eastern Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions. The […]
Origin Energy says it is looking at opportunities to expand its portfolio in Victoria, including its first grid-connected big battery, after reporting a sharp fall in earnings from its Australian electricity business. Outages at the gen-tailer’s Mortlake gas generator in Victoria and its Eraring coal generator in NSW slashed a combined $44 million from Origin’s […]
Victoria’s state Labor government has announced a dramatic split from national electricity rules in a bid to fast-track urgent grid upgrades, unlock more large-scale renewables and encourage more big batteries. A clearly frustrated state energy minister Lily D’Ambrosio said on Tuesday that the government would seek amendments to the National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005 to […]
Developers and owners of new wind and solar projects in Victoria and New South Wales have been warned of delays of up to seven years for grid connection at a “crisis meeting” in Melbourne on Monday afternoon. The Australian Energy Market Operator called the meeting to brief owners and developers of wind and solar projects […]
The leader of the federal opposition has downplayed the prospects of a cross-bench bill to commit Australia to a target of net-zero emissions by 2050, saying there was little chance it would gain bipartisan support. In an interview on ABC radio Labor’s Anthony Albanese said that while the legislation proposed by Independent MP Zali Steggall […]
How do you explain a prime minister who says he accepts the science of climate change, acknowledges the link between it and the devastating bushfires, and then chooses to do nothing about it? Morrison insists Australia is doing more than most, which is patently not true; that emissions are falling, when that is only the […]
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