With business recovery on everyone’s minds as we navigate the New Normal, operating smarter while controlling costs has become even more important. And one step towards these is finding truly …
August 2020 Energy Market Review
Energy futures markets remain at rock-bottom prices, and we are continuing to secure ridiculously low contracts for our clients. “The deals we are securing are incredible. I haven’t seen anything …
How low minimum operational demand can damage electricity grid infrastructure and drive up network tariffs
Australia’s uptake of rooftop solar by both households and businesses is largely viewed as positive, but it can also put the National Energy Market at risk in terms of problems …
How should I adapt my business during coronavirus times?
With a second wave of COVID-19 occurring throughout Australia, restrictions are once again being put in place. Along with lingering effects of the first wave, businesses now also have to …
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 renewable energy dominated electricity market. …
Ease financial uncertainties with natural gas group buying
With Australia facing a second wave of the coronavirus, businesses may expect to see some economic fluctuations as lockdowns are pursued. So it would make some fiscal sense for business …
Australian gas producers at the forefront of international gas market “meltdown”
Australian gas producers are at the forefront of the international gas market “meltdown,” as an effect of the COVID-19 crisis, as global consumption is set to drop by 4 percent …
July 2020 Energy Market Review
Hopes of an early return to normal economic life faded in July as the second wave of Coronavirus rolled across Victoria and possibly into NSW. Energy futures markets have largely …
Solar Sponge Tariffs could be the answer to the Electricity industry’s Duck Curve problems
A new buzz term is circulating in the electricity sector as network operators look to introduce super cheap ‘solar sponge’ tariffs to reshape grid demand and encourage customers to shift …
South Australia tries to change user behaviour with daytime electricity tariff discounts
South Australian retailers are likely to start introducing huge daytime electricity tariff discounts to offset the dip in demand which is destabilising the grid, causing spot prices to bottom out …