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SA batteries paid to charge as solar sends electricity prices negative

December 2, 2021

Batteries in South Australia have been paid to charge throughout September and October 2021 due to a record number of negative price intervals. W ...

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How coal turned from biggest asset to biggest risk for energy companies

September 13, 2021

Having cheap coal-fired generation in your electricity portfolio used to be one of the biggest competitive advantages for vertically integrated e ...

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Fast Frequency Response is coming to the NEM

May 3, 2021

The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published a Read more >

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Wholesale demand response mechanism – everything you need to know (podcast)

May 2, 2021

The wholesale demand response mechanism is one of the biggest rule changes in the history of Australia's National Electricity Market (NEM). This ...

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Battery storage – Why accurate price forecasting is key to capturing revenue

March 31, 2020

A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at the Pumped Hydro & Battery Storage Conference in Sydney. I suspect this will be the last i ...

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Batteries in South Australia earn $1 million over two days

December 24, 2019

Grid-scale batteries in South Australia earned almost $1 million from the energy market over two days from 19-20 December 2019 (see Figure 1) as ...

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Hornsdale Power Reserve
Hornsdale Power Reserve earns record revenue in September 2019

October 21, 2019

The world's biggest lithium-ion battery, the 100 MW/129 MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, has just earned its biggest monthly reven ...

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Wholesale electricity prices reach record highs
Wholesale electricity prices reach record highs

August 29, 2019

Financial year ending June 2019 saw wholesale electricity prices rise in every state in the National Electricity Market (NEM). Victoria had the h ...

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