New wind, solar and batteries have faced long delays in getting connected, increasing costs and slowing the shift to renewables. We propose changes to fix these problems.
Explainers
Snowy 2.0 project pushed back to late 2029, costs to blow out again
Snowy Hydro reveals more big delays and cost blow outs in troubled Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project, now not likely to begin full production until late 2029.
Australia’s five minute settlement rule for electricity markets: Has it worked?
When the NEM finally introduced five-minute settlement it was expected to reward cheap, nimble and flexible generators like batteries. But what actually happened?
Energy arbitrage sends big battery revenue to new record high in 2022
Big batteries earned record high revenue on the National Electricity Market during 2022 – here’s how.
Explainer: How do floating wind turbines work?
California has awarded it first floating wind farm leases. Why and when do we need floating wind farms – and how do they work?
State of the climate: What Australians need to know about “concerning” new report
Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO have released the latest State of the Climate report, and there’s not much good news for Australians.
Give us more load! Why South Australia is trying to switch off everyone’s rooftop solar
“Give us more load.” It’s not an instruction you hear every day, but it has been the “cri de coeur” from AEMO this week in South Australia.
Will the mass uptake of EVs blow up the power grid?
Report says sensible – and smart – policies will support the huge new load on the power system as Australia transitions to battery-electric cars.
So long, Loy Yang: shutting Australia’s dirtiest coal plant a decade early won’t jeopardise our electricity supply
It’s becoming ever more likely that 100% renewable electricity in Australia’s electricity grid could be achieved by the end of the decade.
Nord Stream: What does biggest ever methane leak mean for climate and global energy?
Two gas pipelines are haemorrhaging methane – a greenhouse gas more potent than CO2 – into the atmosphere via the Baltic Sea. What are the consequences?