by Pete Tickler | Apr 26, 2022 | Battery Storage, Solar PV
There’s much discussion in energy circles around how much storage will be required to deliver the zero-carbon energy systems the world is heading towards. We know we can build out renewable generation cheaply, but we also know we need storage to tide us through the...
by Pete Tickler | Dec 8, 2021 | Decentralisation, Electricity Markets, energy, Networks, Solar PV
Nudged along by Anthony Seipolt’s post on AGL Australia offering a new retail tariff incentivising residential customers to turn off their solar systems in return for some cash (importantly, more cash than they’d otherwise get from their feed in tariff),...
by Pete Tickler | Nov 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
So COP26 has kicked off this week in Glasgow. The 2021 version of the Conference of Parties (that’s what COP stands for) likely heralds another round of geopolitical posturing, mudslinging and pledging from our world leaders. The whole point of the COP events is to...
by Pete Tickler | Jul 21, 2021 | Electricity Markets, NEM, Policy
TL;DR Jump to the results to see which C&I load shapes will be eligible* to play in the new Wholesale Demand Response market. Upload your site interval data and we’ll run it through the Gridcognition software (for free!) and tell you whether you’re likely to...
by Pete Tickler | Jun 27, 2021 | Electricity Markets, NEM, Policy
For energy market enthusiasts, October 2021 is a date in the calendar worth circling. We’ll see the introduction of two significant rule changes into the National Electricity Market (NEM) on Australia’s east coast. October 1 sees the start of 5-minute settlement...
