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Power price pressure is piling on households and relief from soaring prices could take months to flow throu...

The capacity mechanism signed off by energy ministers might have excluded coal and gas but they are likely to still be needed to ensure a stable grid on the pathway to net zero emissions by 2050.

Australia’s east-coast grid could be producing bursts of 100 per cent renewable energy in less than three years, but our electricity grid is not up to the job.

With Australia’s energy system rapidly transitioning from a traditional dependency on coal-fired power generation towards a future built on renewables, the market operator has detailed the engineering roadmap required for the country’s main power systems to be able to operate on 100% renewable energy more frequently and for longer periods.

Australian Energy Market Operator has released its roadmap to reaching 100% renewable generation in the National Electricity Market.

From 2025, the entire country is expected to run on 100% clean electricity for hours then days at a time, raising new engineering challenges

Soaring gas prices and market volatility meant wholesale electricity prices more than tripled despite record renewables output.

A looming energy storage shortfall has promoted renewed calls from the renewable energy industry for a national renewable energy storage scheme. The scheme would consist of a series of large-scale project tenders designed to unleash desperately needed investment.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said it plans to launch a connections simulator this year after completing pilot tests for an online tool designed to accelerate the evaluation and approval process for new clean energy grid connections.

$1.5bn agreement includes plan to fast-track regulatory processes to support ‘rapid’ development of Victoria’s offshore wind industry