storage projects

  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | The wind and the sun: an old age quarrel… or friendship?

    Last week, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released the Q2 edition of its Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report. A key finding in the report is the reduction in wholesale electricity prices seen last quarter. With government-supported Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) being proposed especially in New South Wales (NSW), what...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Australian Chart of the week | Distribution networks unDER the pump

    Rooftop solar has grown rapidly over the last decade, numbers indicate that almost 10GW has been installed across the NEM. However, AEMO’s projections indicate that there is still plenty more to come (~4GW over the next decade). The effects of behind-the-meter (BTM) solar on market outcomes are well documented (including...

  • Energy storage and flexibility

    Australian Chart of the week | Guess who’s back… Batteries are back… back again

    We have seen a number of Australian storage projects announced over the past four months. AGL has announced 200MW of storage with Maoneng and a further 100MW in Queensland. Neoen has also announced an upgrade to the Hornsdale Power Reserve (HPR) by another 50MW. This week's Chart of the week is an update...

  • Low carbon generation

    Chart of the week | En-Route to market in 2020?

    Published on the 14 January was the latest update of Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD). In summary, it provided an overview of current and planned green energy projects across Great Britain and Northern Ireland. In this week’s Chart of the week, we look at the government’s Renewable Energy Planning Database. It discusses...