In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: The Commonwealth Government has announced an expansion of the Capacity Investment Scheme (CIS) to 23 GW of VRE and 9 GW of zero-emission dispatchable plant by 2030. They will work with state governments…
The Weekly Dispatch: Winds of change
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: AEMO issued a direction in NSW to maintain power system security for the first time according to WattClarity. This is likely to become more frequent with increasing VRE and decommitment of thermal units…
The Weekly Dispatch: Think fast
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: Gridcog looks at the first month of the Very Fast FCAS markets. Dan Lee at WattClarity looks at wind farm capacity factors. OpenNEM has new functionality including a time-of-day view. A summary of…
The Weekly Dispatch: Below zero
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: AEMO Services Tender 4 will not include Central-West Orana REZ Access Rights as originally planned. These rights are planned to be made available “as soon as possible”. South Australia averaged 87% renewables in…
The Weekly Dispatch: Blown away
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: South Australia’s Hydrogen Jobs Plan will support 250 MW of electrolysers and 100% hydrogen-fuelled turbines. The Victorian government has released the SECV’s strategic plan. AEMO published the latest QED showing a number of…
The Weekly Dispatch: Powering the future
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: The High Court has found the Victorian road-user tax that applied to EVs to be unconstitutional. The ruling means that other states may be unable to implement similar charges. The CEFC has confirmed…
The Weekly Dispatch: Amping it up
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: .The NSW Government is set to legislate a 2030 target of 50% emissions and a target for net zero by 2050. The legislation will also establish a Net Zero Commission to monitor and…
The Weekly Dispatch: Renewable records
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: The AER has published the 2023 State of the Energy Market The report highlights a number of challenges including an increase in retail prices, system security and reliability risks and transmission delays. Minimum…
The Weekly Dispatch: Charging ahead
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: The Prime Minister has hinted at new policy commitments to accelerate the transition in the Guardian Politics podcast. The episode should air tomorrow. It has been 7 years since the state-wide blackout in…
The Weekly Dispatch: Heatwave
In this edition of the Weekly Dispatch: The South Australian Parliament has passed the Emissions Reduction Objectives Bill. The AEMC has published a guide on the approach they will take when applying the new objectives. They have also published the…