Integrated Systems Plan News Today

In the current ‘transition’, the process is reversed unless we are prepared to countenance the mass use of nuclear technology.

The dire economic consequences of ambitious renewable energy targets are seldom allowed to enter the debate. Driven by central planners, cheered on by rent-seekers and underwritten by the taxpayers who will be its victims, Australia's net-zero green wonderland is supposed to be just 26 years away. Who do they think they're kidding?

Electricity prices are falling, decarbonisation is accelerating. No need for public subsidies for fossil fuel companies, despite their demands

Projected cost rises for major energy projects, from CopperString to Snowy 2.0, suggest the cost of the transition to net zero by 2050 will be more expensive than originally forecast.

Australian Energy Regulator chairwoman Clare Savage says a capacity mechanism is needed to ensure there is enough supply to avoid potential shortfalls when coal and gas exits the grid.

The NSW high-voltage grid owner is bundling together $8 billion of transmission projects to make their delivery more efficient, potentially saving $500 million.

Federal and state energy ministers have taken control of delivering the capacity mechanism which is to deliver more supply into the grid to avoid potential blackouts.

The ACT senator has outlined in-principle support for the 2030 target but hopes it can go further, putting pressure on the Greens to support legislating the target.

Hopes of offshore wind already offsetting coal power closures this decade may be over-optimistic, but the fuel has its advantages despite hefty up-front costs.

Just how quickly coal power plants can be switched off, and whether a demerged or integrated AGL is best placed to shut them, is up for debate.