market revenues

  • Commercial and market outlook

    Hogging the spotlight: the opportunity in the evening peak

    As the duck curve steepens and renewable energy penetration increases in the NEM, we briefly examine revenue share by time of day and highlight the growing opportunity in the evening peak. Will this become the new normal, with revenues increasingly concentrated in just one part of the day? Or will...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    A look into large-scale battery market revenues FY20-21

    This Chart of the week examines the distribution of daily battery revenue that was generated in FY21 for the batteries operating in the NEM over this time frame. Net Energy revenue is calculated as the revenue generated in the energy markets less cost of charging plus any revenue earnt from...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Australian Chart of the week | Round and Round the Market: Black Coal vs Batteries

    This year appears to be the year of the battery, with the volume of projects that have been announced or in some stage of planning approaching the 10GW mark it is worth taking a look at how batteries are performing in the FCAS markets over the last two years. Currently...

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | One of these things is not like the others: FCAS separation value

    Energy storage has been at the forefront of conversations resulting from AEMO’s newly released 2020 Integrated System Plan (ISP). The ISP states that 6-19GW of dispatchable resources are needed to support more than 26GW of new renewables. So where will battery energy storage fit in and where will they make...