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...
by Fabian Le Gay Brereton | May 1, 2021 | Decentralisation, Electricity Markets, NEM
This week Australia’s Energy Security Board released its Post-2025 Market Design Options Paper. The paper proposes pathways and reform options to meet four key areas of need for Australia’s future energy system: Resource adequacy through the transition...
by Pete Tickler | Dec 9, 2020 | Battery Storage, Decentralisation, NEM, Networks, WEM
There’s a healthy debate underway in the energy sector around where battery energy storage assets should be located within electricity systems, in order to create the greatest possible value, both for their owners and for society more broadly. As a general rule, the...
by Dr James Barnard | Nov 8, 2020 | Battery Storage, Electricity Markets, NEM
Going toe-to-toe with the US election for media attention, this week saw the announcement of another huge battery storage project for Australia. Imaginatively dubbed the Victorian ‘Big Battery’, the project, which is to be located near Geelong in Victoria...
by Pete Tickler | Oct 31, 2020 | Decentralisation, Electric Vehicles, NEM
The transition to decarbonised and decentralised energy systems is occurring in lockstep with the growth in e-mobility. Whether it’s countries ratcheting up emissions standards, outright bans on new sales of internal combustion engine vehicles or the auto...
