On the fringe: Outer edges of NEM most prone to volatile MLFs
One of the most characteristic features of Australia’s National Electricity Market is the sheer length of the entire network. With roughly 40,000 kilometres of high voltage transmission lines spanning a physical distance of around 5,000km, we have one of the longest interconnected electricity grids in the world.
Restoring trust and confidence to our electricity markets
The recent challenges for the east coast energy market have put a significant spotlight on energy security, reliability, and affordability in Australia.
The clean energy revolution isn’t just a techno-fix – it’s about capturing hearts and minds
The Black Summer bushfires devastated parts of the Eurobodalla region in New South Wales. Then earlier this year, the area was hit by floods. As climate change threatens to bring more severe and frequent extreme weather events, how can we help future-proof such communities?
Market suspension lifts, but underlying drivers may stick around
It has been a chaotic few weeks on the east coast, culminating with the national electricity market being suspended on 15 June 2022, an outcome not seen in the modern version of the NEM. There has been much coverage of the key drivers of the crisis. It stems predominantly from a perfect storm of two main factors: thermal unit outages and high thermal fuel costs, as the NEM largely relies on thermal generation.
Realising electric vehicle-to-grid services
Dr Kathryn Lucas-Healey on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technologies and the Australian National University’s (ANU) Realising Electric Vehicle-to-grid Services project which will see electric vehicles being used to support the the national electricity grid.
5 policy decisions from recent history that led to today’s energy crisis
If you aren’t a long-term energy policy news junkie, you’d be forgiven for thinking the current crisis arrived fairly suddenly.
3 key measures in the suite of new reforms to deal with Australia’s energy crisis
With electricity prices surging to previously unimaginable levels, state and federal energy ministers met on Wednesday to consider how to respond to Australia’s energy crisis.
Australia’s energy crisis: 3 ways the Albanese government can ease pressure on your power bills
Australia is in the grips of an energy crisis, with electricity generation prices roughly 115% above the previous highest average wholesale price ever recorded.
Why did gas prices go from $10 a gigajoule to $800 a gigajoule? An expert on the energy crisis engulfing Australia
Australia’s east coast has been plunged into an energy crisis just as winter takes hold, which will see many people struggle to heat their homes due to soaring gas bills.
Laggard to leader? Labor could repair Australia’s tattered reputation on climate change, if it gets these things right
For much of the past three decades, Australia has been viewed internationally as a laggard on climate change – and with good reason. Australia was the last of the G20 economies that ratified the Kyoto Protocol and the first to dismantle a national carbon pricing scheme, and often sits near the bottom on global rankings of climate action.
