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Coal down, solar up: Australia halfway to 2030 target

Growing rooftop solar installations and more large-scale energy projects are pushing Australia closer to its renewable goals, the market operator says.

AAP

Grid reliability gaps covered, if no project delays

Australia's investment pipeline for clean energy, storage and transmission to replace coal is "healthy", but project delays pose reliability questions.

AAP

Nationals guarantee that Coalition can lower power prices ‘in the short term’ met with scepticism

Energy expert Tony Wood says there is no evidence to support the policy pledge

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Energy complaints surge as cost of living bites

Sustained energy price increases have fuelled complaints to Victoria's energy and water ombudsman, as bills continue to hit household budgets hard.

AAP

Surging power prices pushing Hunter manufacturer offshore

Power prices force Hunter manufacturer to consider Vietnam.

Newcastle Herald

Energy market operator 'can't guarantee' lower bills

Energy officials warn of "stubbornly high" power prices as coal plants stutter towards an exit, with no guarantee bills will fall in the next five years.

AAP

Energy 'reliability gaps' ahead for homes, businesses

New sources of power and transmission must be built "on time and in full" to secure the nation's electricity grid, the Australian market operator has warned.

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Australia’s electricity grid to remain reliable if renewable projects delivered ‘on time and in full’, Aemo says

Investments in solar, wind, batteries, pumped hydro and transmission links are vital, authority says

The Guardian - AU

Energy regulator says nuclear unlikely before 2050 as Chris Bowen attacks Coalition’s ‘risky’ plan

Australian Energy Regulator chair says Australia is ‘probably a decade too late’ for nuclear power despite opposition’s pledge to build first two plants by 2037

The Guardian - AU

Aussies cooking with gas not nuclear under network plan

Renewable energy and more gas is the cheapest way to power a net-zero economy, with electricity demand tipped to double by 2050 as homes and cars go electric.

AAP

Clean energy transition delays threaten power stability

Power grid upgrade delays and the mothballing of generators will create energy gaps for Australia's eastern states unless there's swift public investment.

AAP

Electrification needs gas to bridge shortfall: operator

Despite a push for electrification, the energy market operator is urging investment in gas pipelines, storage and ports to secure power for homes and industry.

AAP

Australia’s wholesale power prices fall by almost half as carbon emissions drop

Grid faces fresh strains as heatwave roasting inland Queensland and NSW extends to Sydney

The Guardian - AU

'Real, growing risk' of power generation falling short

Energy market tsars are out of step with the "rooftop revolution" and other household energy that could be harnessed in a clean, low-cost system, critics say.

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Solution to energy transition might be over our heads

Australia could use a "secret weapon" to share the country's wealth of sunshine, kickstart the stalled energy transition and permanently reduce power bills.

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Energy operator backs transmission network overhaul

The head of the Australian Energy Market Operator says new transmission lines are a core part of a low-carbon energy system fit for the 21st century.

The Conversation

Unsexy but vital: why warnings over grid reliability are really about building more transmission lines

“To ensure Australian consumers continue to have access to reliable electricity supplies, it’s critical that planned investments in transmission, generation and storage projects are urgently delivered.”

Newcastle Herald

Going underground: weighing up the benefits of putting transmission infrastructure beneath the surface

There is widespread resistance to above ground transmission infrastructure.

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s transition away from fossil fuels ‘not fast enough’ as wind and solar investment lags

Australian Energy Market Operator head Daniel Westerman says two-thirds of electricity capacity could leave grid by 2030

The New Daily

Power bill relief may be in sight as renewables help to shrink electricity prices

Dr Bruce Mountain said there has been a “big pull down” in wholesale power prices over the past six months.

ABC News

Drop in wholesale power prices as renewable energy generation from wind and solar grows, AEMO finds

Fossil fuel-fired energy output hits record low levels in Australia's biggest electricity grid, triggering large falls in power prices spurred on by extraordinary growth in green energy.

ABC News

Western Renewables Link protest turns ugly as farmers accuse representatives of 'running into bushes'

A protest against a major energy transmission project planned for Central Victoria turned ugly when nearly 100 farmers rallied with tractors against the controversial Western Renewables Link (WRL).

The New Daily

Winter gas shortfalls looming without fresh supply

The energy market operator has warned of risks to winter gas supply in some states if more production doesn't became available for domestic users.

AAP

Risk to winter supply as gas crisis enters second year

The energy market operator has warned of risks to gas supply this winter but is armed with new powers over producers as the energy crisis enters a second year.

ABC News

AEMO warns of NSW power gaps within three years, calls for 'urgent' investment in grid

The state is set to bear the brunt of reliability gaps in Australia's biggest power system as mass coal-fired power exits hit.

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