Market Commentary Electricity prices remained reasonably flat throughout March 2024 with a minor uptick for the next three calendar years in South Australia, Victoria, and …
March 2024 Electricity Market Review
February 2024 Electricity Market Review
Market Commentary In February 2024, electricity market observers saw that uncertainty over negotiations to extend the lifespan of Eraring coal power station – currently on …
Engie announces closure of two diesel generators in South Australia
In South Australia, a landscape dominated by renewables, Engie has announced the closure of the Snuggery and Port Lincoln diesel generators. The impending shutdown poses …
Australia’s pace of investment in renewable energy is too slow
The slow pace of investment in renewable energy to replace retiring coal power plants poses challenges to achieving the country’s emissions targets and causing price …
5-minute settlement rule change pushed back to 1 October 2021 – Batteries and Demand Response to benefit as gas loses the advantage
The National Energy Market’s planned transition to a 5-minute electricity price settlement rule from the current 30- minute rule has been pushed back from July …
Large-scale batteries cheaper, more flexible than gas and essential to Australia’s renewable energy transition
Large-scale batteries are essential to Australia’s transition to renewable energy. Battery storage is the new clean peaker, proving to be 30 percent cheaper than gas, …
Experts say “Sun Tax” will discourage solar exports and encourage battery storage when demand is low
A proposal to place tariffs on solar households electricity exports into the grid has been labelled a Sun Tax by solar advocates. But experts have …
AGL’s Liddell coal plant to get new lease of life as big battery storage project
AGL Energy will turn its obsolete Hunter Valley Liddell coal generation plant into a giant 500 MW battery as it manages the transition to a …
Solar and battery installations instant asset write-off upped to $150,000 under Coronavirus Stimulus Package
The new $17.6 billion Coronavirus stimulus package announced on March 12 lifts the threshold for instant asset write-offs, which may include solar and battery installations, …
Can commercial battery storage solve our daytime supply excess?
Commercial battery storage schemes are being touted as the solution to the excess volume of electricity flowing into the grid during daytime hours as a …
