The Energy Security Board’s Physical Retailer Reliability Obligation and the long road to tomorrow’s grid.
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Get it right this time … testing and rigour will help us build the renewable energy grid we need
The complex make-up of our energy grid is holding back its full potential, writes Mark Andrews. Only an earnest approach to risk mitigation and testing will ensure success of a new, clean NEM.
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Investment risk in renewables … seeking value in a frothy green market
Clean energy is growing in the grid but there is still plenty of risk for big investors.
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Follow the sun … how tracking stacks up in utility-scale PV
Tracking has taken off with developers of solar plants but there is a lot to know about this simple technology.
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Things will get worse before they get better … how curtailment and restrictive MLFs will precede the dawn of renewable energy zones
Grid constraints are symptoms of an energy system in transition, say analysts. A balancing act of new supply and transmission will see bumps along the way.
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Light touch … adapting C&I solar for rooftops that can’t take the strain
Solar installers who try to cut corners by avoiding stringent structural assessments risk the reputation of the entire industry – and can miss out on proving themselves in the tough C&I sector.
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Wind farm data cruncher turns out a 45% better 5-minute forecast
An Australian university has developed software that by increasing accuracy of five-minute forecasts can push down associated liabilities to the NEM.
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How to get the most out of your PV panel purchases
Rigorous due diligence can save developers of solar projects millions, write Michelle McCann and Lawrence McIntosh.
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Global alignment against carbon puts Australia at a crossroads
As major economies agree on a deadline for decarbonisation investors are watching Canberra for a signal to commit, write Lane Crockett and Fergus Pitt.
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Welcome to Camp Kidston … work begins on 2GWh Queensland pumped hydro facility
Five years in the planning, work has begun on Genex Power’s ambitious clean energy storage facility in northwest Queensland.
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