Eraring: Angus Taylor says closure of Origin Energy coal plant
Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor said the closure of Origin Energy’s Eraring coal-fired power station in 2025 would leave a ‘considerable gap’ in supply.
Source: afr.com
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Australia's largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there's still no national plan for coal's inevitable demise
Eraring is the latest in a string of announcements for early coal plant closures. The fundamental reason is the brutal impact of renewables on coal’s profitability.
New South Wales Frank Calabria While The Australian Energy Market Operator International Energy Agency Australian Energy Market Operator Origin Energy
Source: theconversation.com
AEMO says there will be enough capacity to replace Eraring
The energy market operator said new battery, gas and pumped hydro projects should fill the gap when the 2800 megawatt Eraring coal-fired power station closes in 2025.
Source: afr.com
Pace of power grid transition in dispute
Coal power generator and renewables advocates, including Fortescue Future Industries, have clashed on the likely pace of transition in the power grid.
Source: afr.com
"Australia is falling behind:" Clean energy investment shackled by outdated rules
Investors see an optimistic future for Australia's clean energy sector, as long as regulators remove the roadblocks.
New South Wales Michael Mazengarb Simon Corbell Clean Energy Investor Group National Electricity Market Australian Energy Market Operator
Source: reneweconomy.com.au
"Stop pretending:" Governments urged to come clean on early coal closures
With more coal plants set to close early, the clean energy sector has called on governments to accept the reality of the end of coal.
Source: reneweconomy.com.au
What the NEM could learn from an economics professor and a moon landing
Instead of waiting for market failures, government agencies should be shaping markets, and creating an environmental objective for the NEM is top of the list.
New South Wales United States University College Matt Kean Mariana Mazzucato Institute For Energy Economics
Source: reneweconomy.com.au
Dismay in Australia as AU$600m fossil fuel peaker backed instead of 'more viable' battery storage
Cross-party backing for a new fossil fuel power plant in Australia has been criticised by experts and clean energy industry voices, who have said battery storage would be a more viable option to provide peaking capacity.
Source: energy-storage.news
What AEMO's long term plan tells us about prices, and future wind and solar mix
The draft 2022 Integrated System Plan provides a dramatic break between the National Electricity Market as it used to be, and the NEM as it's going to be.
Source: reneweconomy.com.au
POWER Digest [February 2022]
Once a Coal Generating Behemoth, TransAlta Achieves Full Phaseout of Coal Power in Canada. Canadian generator TransAlta, a company that derived 30% of its cash flow from coal generation just five years ago
Source: powermag.com