Battery storage and pumped hydro are increasingly being seen as the most practical way of ‘firming’ up supply from renewable energy sources, allowing for trading of the futures wholesale market….
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Market wrap: Temperatures around Australia have started to warm up and that has led to lowered demand as people turned down their heaters, but futures prices are still trending upwards….
As more businesses make the transition to solar and renewable energy power purchase agreements, Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) chief Audrey Zibelman said that Australia can keep the lights on…
A senior executive at Origin Energy has stated that energy generated from renewables sources such as wind and solar is cheaper than coal. Speaking during an Energy Insiders podcast,…
Leading Edge Energy’s partnership with power factor loss specialists Eco Energy Systems recently featured in the popular Western Weekender. In an educational article, Eco Synergy Systems explained how power factor…
Market wrap: Electricity futures prices trended up during the month of August due to a combination of factors including uncertainty in the political sphere, the dumping of the National Energy…
The National Energy Guarantee has been declared dead and government policy is shifting towards recommendations made by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to drive down energy costs. The ACCC…
Wholesale electricity prices on the National Energy Market have bucked a two-month downward trend and prices have pushed back upwards substantially in all states under review. Victoria and Queensland experienced…
Bluescope Steel is set to become the latest Australian industrial player to sign up to a renewable energy power purchase agreement later this week as it commits to buy energy…
Electricity rates – wholesale rates trended down in all states under review from June through to July 15, with futures prices in South Australia trending 1 percent lower than they…
