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  • Low carbon generation

    Australian Chart of the week | Up and down: price volatility in Queensland

    In our previous ‘Chart of the week’, we observed increased intraday price volatility since late May, where we are seeing higher morning and evening prices. The Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO’s) released Quarterly Energy Dynamics (QED) report for Q2 2021 attributed the price increase to reduction of thermal generation supply...

  • 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...