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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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Staff WriterAugust 16, 2021, 4:40 pmAugust 16, 2021

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How shifting energy consumption behaviour could save the planet

Consumers can score an easy goal against polluting generation by aligning demand for energy with supply from variable renewable sources, writes Steve Hoy.
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Staff WriterAugust 12, 2021, 3:23 pmAugust 12, 2021

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Floating wind turbines get their sea legs

Wind technology that can bob about on the waves will open up vast amounts of opportunity, but does it work?
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Staff WriterAugust 11, 2021, 4:20 pmAugust 12, 2021

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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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Staff WriterJuly 30, 2021, 9:37 amAugust 4, 2021

Australia, Commercial, Demand response, Funding, Hydrogen, Policy, Projects, Pumped hydro, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, State Policy, Storage, Transmission, Wind, Wind Projects

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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Staff WriterJuly 26, 2021, 3:15 pmJuly 26, 2021

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To the limit … ANU lab open for extreme (or mundane) DER testing

Dull or extraordinary grid conditions can be conjured to stress test clean energy equipment at the ANU’s laboratory dedicated to distributed energy resources.
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Staff WriterJuly 22, 2021, 4:41 pmJuly 22, 2021

Pumped hydro, Renewables, Wind

Gusts up, prices down … good news and bad about wind’s towering role in Victoria

A pocket of stillness has highlighted how wind may have concentrated price power in Victoria as coal is retired.
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Staff WriterJuly 19, 2021, 12:33 pmJuly 19, 2021

Australia, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Solar, Solar Projects, Wind, Wind Projects

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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Staff WriterJuly 14, 2021, 2:19 pmJuly 14, 2021