The news continues to be dominated by new renewable projects signing Power Purchase Agreements and the Integrated System Plan that is forecasting 28GW of new capacity is required by 2040. So if we are already seeing average curtailments for renewable projects of 5% across the National Electricity Market (NEM) in FY20 then how are we going to manage the integration of new projects?
Discussion continues to increase regarding the impacts of curtailment on the grid and how these are starting to affect the viability of projects when combined with declining loss factors and increasing FCAS causer pays costs. These curtailments can arise for a number of reasons including thermal issues and system strength requirements.