Today (Thu 13th September 2018) the AEMC made a final rule requiring the AEMO to establish a register of distributed energy resources in the NEM. The register is to include small-scale battery storage systems and rooftop solar. The new register…
Back in August 2017, the COAG Energy Council agreed to initiate a national register for DER (Distributed Energy Resources), administered by the AEMO. The Energy Council asked the AEMC to commence the rule change process to establish this. Given our…
A quick post today (given everything else going on in the NEM this week) to note that the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) as posted an article on their website today “Providing battery information for small generation units” on Tuesday 5th June….
A big day today (Saturday 25th November), but worth a quick note here that the “biggest battery in the world” (at least for now) started up today. Here’s a view from NEMreview v7 of how it charged this morning, and…
It’s worth noting here, on an information site focused on battery storage, that (on Monday 20th November 2017) the Australian Council of Learned Academies published their report on “The Role of Energy Storage in Australia’s Future Energy Supply Mix,” For as…
Amongst other news items this morning, this article from Redflow particularly caught my eye – speaking about a 60kWh battery storage system installed for residential use in western Queensland (near Wallumbilla). The aggregate capacity was gained by joining together 6…
On Thursday 3rd August 2017, the COAG Energy Council published this “Energy Market Transformation Bulletin No 05 – Work Program Update”. In particular, it contained this notice: Battery Storage Consistent with the Finkel recommendation for improved information on distributed energy…
A quick note today to reference this article on Reuters that quotes Elisabeth Brinton of AGL as noting that: “The firm has so far sold 675 batteries and installed more than 235” That’ a fair start on the 1000-battery Virtual Power…
Coincidentally following close on my analysis of high Q2 2017 wholesale prices across all regions on WattClarity yesterday and the follow on coverage elsewhere, it was very topical that the South Australian Government would award its much-talked-about 100MW battery project…
On 22 May 2017, the Energy Council released the draft Cost/Benefit Analysis findings (a draft report from the consultant, and a consultation paper). The EMTPT officials are seeking stakeholders’ feedback on the questions outlined in the consultation paper – with submissions…
A key point to keep in mind is that, under a “beneficiary pays” model (such as what we are implementing), in which those who benefit from the data pay to subscribe to it, the benefits will naturally outweigh the costs….
Comments made to the COAG EMTPT, and their chosen consultant. Will elaborate more here, when I have the time.