Each week we post an update of some of the interesting developments relating to future energy systems that have caught our eye. Within the IGov research we are focusing on developments in a number countries including Germany, Denmark, New York, California and Australia, but are also tracking developments more broadly across a number of continents. The weekly update will report on these.
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Global Insight 18 – 31st Oct 2017
Australia Network Opportunity Maps The Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) in Sydney in collaboration with Energy Networks Australia (ENA), and with support from government and industry have released their Network Opportunity Maps. The maps data sets can be loaded to give detailed information of network opportunities including expected network constraints and so developing a market for new energy services. This will enable renewable energy solutions and demand-side response initiatives to easily identify which areas they could benefit. The maps are similar to the Distributed Energy Resource (DER) plan which the IGov project have been recommending
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Global Insight 17 – 24th Oct 2017
Australia The National Energy Guarantee The big news story in Australia this week is the Turnbull Government’s announcement of the National Energy Guarantee (NEG). The NEG will replace the Renewable Energy Target which is due to finish in 2020 and is in place of a Clean Energy Target which was recommended by the Finkel Review in June this year. The NEG has been recommended by the newly appointed independent Energy Security Board to give investor certainty and to deliver affordable, reliable and to some extent, low-emission generation. The NEG is made up of two parts
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Global Insight 16 – 10th Oct 2017
Australia ARENA and ENA provide an overview of the future grid edge market place The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and Energy Networks Australia (ENA) have teamed up to start discussions towards moving the national electricity market (NEM) towards a customer focussed, decentralised grid. Part of this transition will involve providing value for current customers DER. ARENA and the ENA have proposed that the current distribution network operators role will be split into that of distribution system operator (DSO) and a distribution market operator (DMO). The DSO responsibilities will be that of providing ‘safe, reliable
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Global Insight 15 – 3rd Oct 2017
Australia Energy market transformation The Australian National Energy Market (NEM) has been swift in its implementation of some of the Finkel Review recommendations. The new Energy Security Board has been established to oversee the whole system transformation. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has also recently announced its own Expert Advisory Panel (EAP) to advise on key initiatives from the review. This panel consists of leaders from the energy industry and is chaired by Ms Chloe Munro who was a former chair of the Clean Energy Regulator and a panel member for the Finkel review
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Global Insight 14 – 25th July 2017
Australia TransGrid see a 100% renewable future TransGrid, the transmission network operator for New South Wales, spoke about how it sees the future for renewables at a recent Clean Energy Summit. Tony Meehan, Executive Manager, Regulation for TransGrid highlighted the role transmission will play as new renewable zones will need to be exploited. TransGrid feels that in order to move to a 100% renewable future then there is a need to commit to large growth in new large renewables, in combination with the growth in DER. Tony Meehan commented that by exploiting these renewable resources
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Global Insight 13 – 18th July 2017
Australia COAG Energy Council meeting backs 49 out of the 50 Finkel review recommendations The Coalition of Australian Governments (COAG) Energy Council met on Friday to discuss the findings of last month’s Finkel review on the future security of the National Electricity Market (NEM) with 49 out of the 50 recommendations getting the go ahead. The Clean Energy Target (CET) was the only recommendation that the panel felt needed further research. The recommendations included the introduction of an Energy Security Board (ESB) which includes both independent and industry representatives to oversee a whole system reform
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Global Insight 12: 11th July 2017
Australia New rule for wind generation back-up A new rule put into force this week by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), will constrain intermittent generation to 1200MW unless 4 gas generators are online in order to protect power system security. In SA this week this meant that wind generation was curtailed to 1100MW as only three gas generators, providing synchronous generation, bid into the market. This may end the reduction in wholesale electricity prices that have been achieved due to high wind generation – which can sometimes achieve negative spot prices, forcing the average
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Global Insight 11 – 4th July 2017
Global Insight 11: 04-07017 Australia Sonnen to enter into battle Australian storage market Sonnen is to enter into the market for Australian storage with an offering of £9,800 for a combined solar and storage deal. This would include the customer entered on to the ‘SonnenFlat’ deal which promises them no electricity costs for electricity drawn from the grid, although the standing charge (c$1 per day) would still need to be paid. In return Sonnen will take control of the storage systems and offer their grid balancing services to networks as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP).
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Global Insight 10 – 27th June
Global Insight 10: 27-06-17 Australia Gigafactory to be opened in Darwin Energy Renaissance, backed by UGL, is planning to build a $100 million gigafactory to manufacture large-scale lithium ion batteries in Australia. This will be the first of four planned by the group. They will be concentrating on increasing the efficiency of batteries in hot weather, a particular problem in Australia and plan on creating a market within the Asia-Pacific region. If correctly positioned these factories could answer the employment crises within areas which previously relied on coal based enterprises. Europe Sweden aims to become
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Global Insight 9 – 20th June
Global Insight 9: 20-06-17 Australia AEMC call for submissions on its Distribution Market Model The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC), the rule maker for the National Electricity Market (NEM) has released its draft report outlining the possible future for the electricity distribution system in response to the current capacity provided by DER in the NEM. The report recognizes the role distributed generation could play in the future electricity system – optimization of DER, demand response and frequency control; and the changing role of the distribution system operator from capacity provider to market provider/facilitator. The final
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