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Coal closures and renewable energy targets – summary of the biggest week in Australian energy news

September 30, 2022

This week has been massive for clean energy news in Australia. Queensland and Victoria have both announced big targets, and AGL has brought forwa ...

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Clean energy potential in Toowoomba and the Surat Basin

September 1, 2022

The Toowoomba and Surat Basin region in southern Queensland is an energy powerhouse home to a diverse mix of resources including coal, gas, and r ...

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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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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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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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