. Hey Reader, in today's edition: Queensland's policy U-turn China's rare earths threat Reducing emissions without hurting households A plan built on buried sunshine The state with Australia’s youngest fleet of coal-fired power stations will run them until at least the 2040s under the Queensland Energy Roadmap that bins Queensland Labor’s targets of 70% renewable energy by 2032 and 80% by 2035. “It charts a pragmatic path to meet Queensland’s energy needs over the next five years and beyond —...
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Hey Reader, welcome to The Energy Week, your chance to catch up on this week's most important energy news. Prefer to listen? Get The Energy Week on your favourite podcast platform. THE ENERGY WEEK • EPISODE 4 Queensland hits pause 04:26 MORE INFO This week's top energy news Attention turned to Queensland this week with a federal government bailout for Glencore’s Mount Isa copper smelter, and the release of the state’s new energy roadmap. Policy Queensland Energy Minister David Janetzki...
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. Hey Reader, in today's edition: Risk management redux No new inertia market Call for 'use it or lose it' gas provision Getting the 'least cost' transition back on track The gap between Australia's renewable energy roadmap and the business decisions required to deliver it appears to be widening, say energy leaders, amid cost blowouts in wind, hydro and transmission. Rising bills for developers and customers are hitting hard and few people have anything positive to say about the Integrated...
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. Hey Reader, in today's edition: Singapore's superpower support Battery frenzy explained Gas market gripes Regulatory groundwork for exporting sunshine Australia and Singapore have inked a Cross-Border Electricity Trade Framework to unlock private sector finance and catalyse regional cross-border electricity trading. The framework, announced as part of a deepening of the existing Comprehensive Strategic Partnership dubbed CSP 2.0, will advance the ASEAN Power Grid — a project to integrate...
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Hey Reader, welcome to The Energy's weekly data newsletter. This week we explore new records in curtailment and why we should get used to them in the energy transition. Not so sunny Poets have celebrated spring for thousands of years. But one class of people increasingly confronts spring’s dual nature. For owners and operators of wind and solar farms, spring brings more sunshine and wind, which means they generate more power for which they can charge customers. Spring is also the season of...
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. Hey Reader, in today's edition: Syncon crunch time Victoria eyes transmission turnaround Spanish blackout lessons for Australia Australia's big syncon bet Billions of dollars of regulated investment slated for the grid in the next five years will go on synchronous condensers — large rotating machines that provide grid stability and system strength services to complement the increase in renewables inherent to the energy transition. The problem is, writes CutlerMerz consultant Cillian Barry,...
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Hey Reader, welcome to The Energy Week, your chance to catch up on this week's most important energy news. Prefer to listen? Get The Energy Week on your favourite podcast platform. THE ENERGY WEEK • EPISODE 3 Transition swings and roundabouts 04:53 MORE INFO This week's top energy news This week saw the closure timeline for Queensland’s largest coal-fired power station brought forward, and the life of a South Australian gas fired power station extended, as quarterly grid data showed the...
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. Hey Reader, The Energy is taking a break this Monday for the NSW/ACT public holiday, but we’ll be back Tuesday. And keep an eye out for our Saturday catch-up edition along with The Energy Week podcast. in today's edition: COP31 precedent Tax time, or not New England REZ narrowed Co-hosting COP could set a dangerous precedent Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has met with Pacific climate ministers as Australia’s bid to host next year's COP climate summit in partnership with the...
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. Hey Reader, in today's edition: Coal roadmap rerouted Transition rests on supply chains Torrens Island extension Gladstone coal to close early Workers at the Gladstone Power Station were notified yesterday that Queensland's largest and oldest coal-fired power station would likely close in March 2029, six years earlier than planned. Co-owners Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) said the timeline aligned with the expiry of existing supply and operational arrangements. And while Rio reserved the possibility...
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