Extreme weather events and increased demand for electricity show how climate change could impact energy prices in future. The United Nations has urged the world to act on a code …
How the climate and weather affect electricity prices
The climate and weather affect electricity prices because they both directly influence the demand and supply of energy. Imbalances to demand and supply of electricity cause fluctuations in wholesale futures …
How biogas can be used to generate electricity from organic waste
Biogas is a renewable fuel that is produced when organic waste such as leftover food and animal waste is broken down by bacteria which can be burned to generate electricity. …
Understanding the basics of climate change
Climate change used to be associated with vague possibilities in the far distant future, but catastrophic bushfires, biblical floods and other extreme weather events seem to have triggered the world’s …
AGL’s Bayswater future in doubt as Australia’s largest energy user announces move to renewable energy
The future of one of Australia’s largest coal-fired power stations – AGL’s Bayswater – has been called into question after its largest customer, aluminium smelter Tomago, announced that it aims …
Energy Security Board proposes changes to Retailer Reliability Obligation to prevent abrupt exit of coal electricity generation
As Origin Energy quietly told the Australian Energy Market Operator that it would be shutting down the first units in Eraring, the country’s largest coal-fired plant in 2030, the Energy …
Large-scale batteries cheaper, more flexible than gas and essential to Australia’s renewable energy transition
Large-scale batteries are essential to Australia’s transition to renewable energy. Battery storage is the new clean peaker, proving to be 30 percent cheaper than gas, with greater flexibility to plug …
Coal becomes unprofitable with market volatility and price hikes likely to return in the medium term
Wholesale electricity prices are at a six-year low, but market volatility and price hikes are likely to return in the medium term as coal becomes unprofitable and power plants close …
Energy consumers are the big winners in Australia’s renewables transition as prices tumble
Australia’s energy consumers are the biggest winners in the country’s transition to renewable energy as prices plummet to historic lows. Prices were down 70 percent down in just one year, …
Federal government allocates $1.4 billion ARENA funding boost for low emission technologies
The Federal Government has allocated $1.4 billion in ARENA funding to push the Australian Renewable Energy Agency towards low emission technology. The government is gunning for the agency and the …