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Callide-oscope

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. An explosion at Callide on April 4 went under the radar, and since then, the CEO and general manager have stepped down. The plant is not expected to return online until the end of May.
  2. The George Institute for Global Health show that simple grocery swaps can dramatically reduce household emissions.
  3. Peter Dutton says he would use Commonwealth powers to override states on nuclear if necessary.
  4. Samsung C&T Renewable Energy Australia seeks approval for an 80 MW / 320 MWh battery energy storage project in NSW.
  5. The IEEFA wrote a discussion piece on the risks of extending coal.
  6. Energy Networks Australia want the government to remove the capital gains tax on compensation payments to landholders hosting transmission.
  7. Podcast of the week: Columbia Energy Exchange chat about tariffs and energy.

PEC in Order

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. The first phase of EnergyConnect is now operational.
  2. Queensland’s five-year energy plan will be released at the end of the year, with new gas plants being announced.
  3. The costs of the CopperString transmission line have increased from $9 billion to almost $14 billion.
  4. The CSIRO and Essential Energy demonstrated vehicle-to-grid (V2G) power using CCS2, Australia’s dominant EV charging system.
  5. The Coalition’s gas plan is expected to reduce household bills by 7%.
  6. Western Australia’s first grid-connected hybrid solar-battery site comes online.
  7. Tajikistan criminalizes electricity use fraud such as tampering meter readings amid energy crisis.
  8. Podcast of the week: Ausgrid, in their podcast, chat about energy storage in the NEM.

CWOpen for Business

In this Weekly Dispatch:

  1. CWO is expected to commence construction in the coming weeks, with the NSW Government announcing that ACEREZ – a consortium of ACCIONA, COBRA, and Endeavour Energy – will design, build and finance.
  2. Endgame held our first seminar of the year in Sydney yesterday on the Q2 NEM outlook, with two more to come in Melbourne and Brisbane in the following weeks.
  3. Samoa suffering energy crisis after weeks of power outages.
  4. Viva Energy has engaged Poten & Partners to secure a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) for its proposed LNG terminal in Geelong, Australia.
  5. Construction starts on New Zealand’s largest solar farm.
  6. Pennsylvania coal plant to transform into 4.5GW gas-powered plant.
  7. Podcast of the week: Columbia Energy Exchange chat about the energy transition in the EU.

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