The Australian electricity grid is unlikely to breach its reliability standards this coming summer, the Australian Energy Market Operator has said, thanks to the addition of more than 4GW of […]
Tag: AEMO
Smoke and high-temperature cut-outs hit solar and wind output in summer from hell
The complex task of keeping the lights on in Australia’s main grid over the 2019-2020 summer was further complicated by two unexpected new problems, according to the Australian Energy […]
AEMO pushes for minimum standards for solar, battery storage and EVs
The Australian Energy Market Operator is seeking to develop a minimum set of technical standards to tackle Australia’s still-booming rooftop solar uptake, and the challenges emerging in managing the […]
South Australia could meet state Liberals’ 100 pct renewables target 5 years early
The latest generation forecast report from the Australian Energy Market Operator has suggested South Australia might reach its 100 per cent renewable electricity target by 2025/26, five years earlier […]
Solar constraints could be relaxed before end of April, clearing path for new projects
Five Victorian and New South Wales solar farms that have had their renewable energy output cut in half for more than six months could soon get a reprieve, with […]
Coalition tips $68.5m into ‘Reliable Affordable’ clean energy research centre
A collaboration between researchers and industry to accelerate Australia’s adoption of new low emissions technologies has won $68.5 million funding from the federal government. Federal minister for industry, science and […]
Solar projects, some wind farms hit by more transmission downgrades
Some of Australia’s key solar farms and wind projects have been hit by yet more transmission downgrades, while some have won a reprieve, in the latest draft inter-regional marginal […]
Victoria intervenes to try and solve wind and solar bottlenecks in local grid
Victoria’s state Labor government has announced a dramatic split from national electricity rules in a bid to fast-track urgent grid upgrades, unlock more large-scale renewables and encourage more big […]
Wind, solar projects warned of seven year delays in Victoria, NSW
Developers and owners of new wind and solar projects in Victoria and New South Wales have been warned of delays of up to seven years for grid connection at a […]
AEMO takes control of S.A. big batteries to help manage isolated grid
South Australia’s three big battery storage systems have been commandeered by the Australian Energy Market Operator, to help usher the state’s grid after it was isolated from the rest of […]
The lies being told by coal lobby to push for Queensland coal plant
The federal government has bowed to the push for a new coal-fired power generator in Queensland, and agreed to a feasibility study for around Gladstone, or at the site of […]
Rooftop solar installed by Australian homes and businesses in on track to generate more than coal by 2040
Australia’s installed rooftop solar capacity in on track to generate between 31-50TWh of power across the National Electricity Market by 2040, and supply up to 22 per cent of national […]
AEMO plans for future (clean) grid, with no mention of base-load
The Australian Energy Market Operator has effectively thrown down the gauntlet to the federal government on its climate and technology assumptions, with the first installment of its mini white paper […]
Rooftop solar: Australia’s greatest opportunity – and its greatest risk
The huge amounts of rooftop solar PV being installed on Australian homes and businesses is rapidly becoming one of the grid’s greatest assets, but they could also represent one of […]
Resisting energy transition like trying to resist internet: AEMO chief
Trying to resist the global transition to renewable energy-based grids is like trying to stop the internet, the chief of the Australian Energy Market Operator has warned. In an interview […]
Rooftop solar pushes WA grid demand to 8-year low
Western Australia has charted its lowest levels of grid electricity demand in more than eight years, thanks to the state’s fast moving uptake of rooftop solar. In yet another example […]
Could distributed battery systems ‘blackstart’ the grid?
Solar Choice recently received a comment from a visitor to our site asking about whether distributed battery storage systems – using Reposit Power‘s battery management technology – could be used […]
Speed of the rise of battery storage being underestimated by market operator: Corbell
Conservative estimates on the value of battery storage from the Australian Energy Market Operator highlight the institutional barriers faced by Australia as it seeks to shift to a low-carbon grid, […]
AEMO mulls new rule that could make wholesale electricity market more battery-friendly
A proposed rule change that could accelerate the deployment of battery storage in Australia has been put into the slow lane, with a draft determination delayed by seven months. The […]
Market operator says grid can accommodate more wind & solar with the right regulation
The Australian Energy Market Operator has denied claims Australia cannot accommodate any more wind and solar, and says the main challenge will be in designing the appropriate market signals and […]
Up to 1 million Aussie homes with battery storage by 2020: Morgan Stanley
US investment bank Morgan Stanley has predicted battery storage technology will be installed at rate four times quicker than Australia’s incumbent energy industry expects, in a new report. The report, Asia […]
Amount of Aussie energy from rooftop solar to quadruple by 2035: AEMO
The Australian Energy Market Operator has outlined some of the major impacts that rooftop solar and battery storage will have on the national gird, in its first major assessment of […]
South Australia, on track to meet 50% renewables target, sets sites on 100%
South Australia is on track to pass its 50 per cent renewable energy target next year – nearly a decade ahead of schedule – as the Labor government shifts its […]
Australian Energy Market Operator network planning document anticipates mass uptake of solar + storage
The Australian Energy Market Operator has adapted its network planning to take into account a rapid uptake of rooftop solar, battery storage and electric vehicles. In its 2015 National Transmission […]
Queensland’s new large-scale solar incentive: The Solar 60 Contract for Difference (CFD)
Making good on its pre-election promises to boost renewables (particularly solar) in the Sunshine State, Queensland‘s Labor government has implemented an ambitious program to support large-scale solar projects. The Solar […]
Half of Aussie homes could have solar-plus-batteries by 2025: Climate Council
A new report by the Climate Council has predicted that half of all households in Australia will wind up installing solar with battery storage, with the market potentially growing to […]
VIC solar feed-in tariff faces further reduction
Victorian solar households face another cut to their solar feed-in tariff, after the Essential Services Commission recommended the rate for rooftop solar generation fed back into the grid be cut […]
Victoria, NSW will lead the way in residential energy storage uptake
NSW and Victoria will lead the adoption of battery storage by Australian households over the next two decades, the Australian Energy Market Operator has predicted. In its first ever analysis […]
Residential solar + storage system payback times: State by state
South Australian households planning to install rooftop solar and battery storage systems can look forward to the shortest payback period on the NEM, a new report by the Australian Energy Market […]
Rooftop solar to beat coal, demolish midday demand in SA by 2025
Rooftop solar PV capacity in Australia is expected to overtake that of coal fired generation within the next decade, according to new forecasts by the Australian Energy Market Operator, published on […]
Testing complete, NSW’s Nyngan Soar Farm soon to be fully operational
Australia’s largest solar farm, the 102MW Nyngan Solar Plant in western New South Wales, is set to become fully operational in a matter of weeks after achieving the milestone of […]
