Capacity Investment Scheme boosted from 6GW to 32GW
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Building back: Autumn Statement seeks to deliver investment…
Energy Market Design
Energy market volatility remains evident amid a delicate…
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What are Australia’s emissions reduction targets?
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Energy prices tumble in October
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Emissions intensity drops for October 2023
Home supply and services
2023’s focus on consumer vulnerability
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Capacity Investment Scheme boosted from 6GW to 32GW
From Cornwall Insight Australia’s Energy Market Alerts service Last Friday, the Commonwealth announced a major boost to the Capacity Investment Scheme, with the scheme now expected to deliver 32GW (combination of 9GW firming capacity and 23GW renewable generation) – up from 6GW. Cornwall Insight Australia has released an Energy Market…
Regulation and policy
Building back: Autumn Statement seeks to deliver investment confidence
On 22 November, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, presented the government’s Autumn Statement 2023. The Statement contained a variety of measures related to energy including: £600bn of planned public sector investment over the next five years to underpin future growth and support energy security, net zero, and public…
Energy Market Design
Energy market volatility remains evident amid a delicate geopolitical landscape
Recent events, from the worker strikes at the Chevron-owned Wheatstone LNG facility in Australia to the Israel-Hamas conflict, have highlighted the potential for disruption to energy exports. The Wheatstone and nearby Gorgon facilities account for ~5% of global LNG supplies. Whilst Europe is not the recipient of notable volumes of…
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What are Australia’s emissions reduction targets?
From Cornwall Insight Australia’s Energy Market Alerts service Energy laws have now been amended to incorporate an emissions reduction objective alongside the other objectives. The list of targets that the market bodies will need to consider is listed in a separately published Targets Statement. The targets currently listed cover both…
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Energy prices tumble in October
From Cornwall Insight Australia’s NEM Market Analysis report With over 700 GWh of rooftop PV added to the NEM since October last year, records were again set in NEM minimum demands along with a high instantaneous renewable penetration within the grid of 71.4%. Once again, the month’s main story was…
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Emissions intensity drops for October 2023
From Cornwall Insight Australia’s NEM Market Analysis report This October saw a 12.6% reduction in total emissions (accounting for -1.18 Mt CO2-e reduction) as solar and wind generation has increased significantly. The reduction in emissions may continue with the arrival of Fly Creek and Rye Park wind farms expected soon…
Home supply and services
2023’s focus on consumer vulnerability
Looking back on this year, one of the key themes that can be drawn out of the regulatory action taken by Ofgem is the focus on protecting the most vulnerable consumers. Whilst this has always been a priority for the regulator, being weaved into its statutory duties and the licences…
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We provide learning and development across the energy value chain, covering different ability levels. We offer a range of delivery channels to suit all needs from public courses, e-learning and in-house training.
We provide learning and development across the energy value chain, covering different ability levels. We offer a range of delivery channels to suit all needs from public courses, e-learning and in-house training.
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Our forums and events provide the opportunity to talk to our experts and hear their thoughts on the latest developments in the market, across renewables, flexibility, energy supply, electric vehicles and financing.
Our consultancy team offer a bespoke research and advisory service. We utilise quantitative analysis, state of the art models and have over two centuries of accumulated market experience.
We provide learning and development across the energy value chain, covering different ability levels. We offer a range of delivery channels to suit all needs from public courses, e-learning and in-house training.
Market intelligence, analysis and regulatory insight covering the full breadth of the energy sector. Delivered via a combination of reports, publications and forums, supported by full digital capability.
Our forums and events provide the opportunity to talk to our experts and hear their thoughts on the latest developments in the market, across renewables, flexibility, energy supply, electric vehicles and financing.
Cornwall Insight was commissioned by Zenobe Energy to undertake network charging analysis. Zenobe design, finance, build and operate battery solutions, and is on track to manage 1GW of grid-connected battery power by 2025. The last decade has seen considerable amounts of battery storage connecting to the grid, with over 1GW clearing at the last Capacity Market auction for delivery in 2025-26. However, network charging regulation has not responded to this development: the last substantial updates to the methodology took place in 2014. This means electricity storage is charged in the same way as gas and coal generation, taking only exports,…
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Following the release of Cornwall Insight’s paper ‘The shifting sands of Liquified Natural Gas in Europe‘ our Senior Analyst Matthew Chadwick spoke in the Independent on why surging LNG demand in Asia, could leave Europe open to potential gas shortages. Independent
Our latest price cap data showed household energy bills could climb to an average of almost £1,900 a year in the coldest months of the year. Our Principal Consultant Dr Craig Lowrey spoke on why geopolitical concerns were increasing prices Craig Lowrey Guardian
