The Weekly Dispatch is a blog post series summarising the latest developments in the Australian and global energy markets. With so much happening across the sector we want to provide a quick digest of developments we come across during the week. In a given week this could include wholesale market events, news articles, blogs, regulatory developments, academic articles or podcasts.
1. The AER released the State of the Energy Market FY 2024 report.
2. DCCEW released the Capacity Investment Scheme allocations by jurisdiction.
3. The new Queensland Government has cancelled the Pioneer-Burdekin Pumped Hydro project.
4. The NSW Government has approved a modification to a large-scale wind farm which will see it grow by 370MW.
5. Podcast of the week: Columbia Energy Exchange chats about making the transition more equitable.
1. AEMO released the Q3 Energy Dynamics Report stating that a cold start to spring led to more energy demand and that there is 45.6 GW of new capacity progressing through the connection process.
2. Construction commences on stage two of Origin’s Eraring BESS.
3. The first stage of Neoen’s Collie BESS has commenced operations ahead of schedule.
4. Powerlink released its Transmission Annual Planning Report (TAPR) while AEMO released the Victorian Annual Planning Report.
5. ARENA supports Australia’s first concentrated solar thermal deployment, with $17.2 million in funding for Mars Petcare to develop the renewable energy plant at its pet food manufacturing facility.
6. Podcast of the week: Bloomberg chat about clean energy policies in the US and EU.
1. The UN reports that countries must start curbing emissions immediately as the globe is on track for a 3.1c temperature rise.
2. AEMO submitted an issues paper on the 2026 ISP methodology proposing to expand their gas supply model and introduce representations of distribution network capabilities.
3. Taiwan is months away from shutting off all nuclear power.
4. IPART is investigating whether Transgrid has breached its licences after the black outs in Broken Hill last week.
5. Singapore conditionally accepts electricity from Australia’s Suncable project.
6. Podcast of the week: Bloomberg talk about heavy transport and decarbonisation.
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