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 ...
Fast Frequency Response is coming to the NEM
May 3, 2021
The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has recently published a Read more >
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
National Electricity Market year in review part 2/2: Changing energy mix
January 18, 2019
In the second installment of our National Electricity Market (NEM) Year in Review series, we will be looking at how the energy mix has evolved ov ...