energy transition

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Australian Chart of the week | Winds of change: Victoria and its unique afternoon ‘belly bump’

    To say the transition is well and truly underway in the Australian NEM is not exactly news. In the last year alone, renewables have delivered record shares in generation mix across the NEM. Whilst solar is the technology often in the news given its impact on both operational demand, mid-day...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | December 2020: when Santa brought low temperatures & prices

    With just about half of summer left to go, many keen NEM observers would agree that it has been a pretty mild journey so far; at least as far as the NEM is concerned. But how mild are we talking here? In this 'Chart of the week', via a time-of-day...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | Got your money; wind shaking up the merchant revenue order?

    Ideal weather conditions for wind and solar across the NEM in recent weeks saw renewables hit new highs in the National Electricity Market (NEM). A recent update from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) indicated that around noon on the 20th of August, wind and solar contributed 11.7GW - 46.5%...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | Now speed up, gas pedal, gas pedal: faster transition for NSW?

    Last month, the NSW government issued a call to renewable developers to respond to a Registration of Interest to develop a pilot Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) in the Central-West region of the state. This REZ – with an estimated worth of $4.4 billion in private investments - is expected to...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | A transition period is a period between two transition periods

    Australia’s energy transition enters a new decade. A big part of the first quarter has focused on greater renewable integration into the grid. Given the level of attention on these integration issues, now is a good time to review the last decade. This Chart of the week explores how black...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Pixie Chart of the week | Comparing Flexibility Markets Across Northern Europe

    The Renewable Energy Association (REA) ranks GB eighth out of nine European electricity markets in its inaugural Energy Transition Readiness Index. The assessment shows the development of flexibility markets and readiness for energy transition is at different stages of maturity across Europe. The report states that regulatory uncertainty, lack of visibility on...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Australian Chart of the week | Pumped storage: Silent winners in the energy transition so far?

    Last week’s Chart of the week discussed the price-setter role renewable technologies are increasingly playing in the NEM. Following on, this week’s Chart examines the impact these pricing dynamics are having on pumped storage operations across the market. To run, storage technologies – pumped hydro/ batteries – typically exploit arbitrage...