In this Weekly Dispatch:
- Australia’s 2035 emissions target has been announced, to reduce emissions by 62–70% below 2005 levels by 2035 with a shoutout to Endgame’s modelling in Treasury’s report.
- The outcomes of CIS Tender 3 – NEM Dispatchable – have been announced.
- Energy Policy WA and Western Power, have developed the South West Interconnected System Transmission Plan.
- The federal government will invest $1.1bn to drive local production of low-carbon liquid fuels.
- AEMO has released Reserve Capacity for the 2027-28 Capacity Year in the WEM.
- The Independent Planning Commission of NSW has knocked back an application to convert a coal-fired power station to a biomass plant.
- One of Queensland’s biggest coal miners will cut about 750 jobs across its operations.
- The AER is investigating Transgrid’s System Strength Requirement in NSW RIT-T due to a dispute from the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS).
- Podcast of the week: Bloomberg in Switched On chat about global investment in clean energy.