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"“To ensure Australian consumers continue to have access to reliable
electricity supplies, it’s critical that planned investments in transmission,
generation and storage projects are urgently delivered.”
This week, we heard one of the strongest warnings yet from Daniel Westerman,
head of the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).
So far, media coverage has framed his comments as a warning about the
anticipated angry El Niño summer, which is likely to drive energy-intensive
aircon use even as our coal plants become less and less reliable.
But this isn’t what the warning is really about. It’s about transmission lines
and our sluggish pace of change. Australia’s emissions are falling much more
slowly than we’d like to think, if we omit the sometimes controversial land use
sector. We’re down just 1.6% below 2005 levels.
Solar and wind farm investment has slowed markedly. This is because we don’t
have the right grid – yet. Building the transmission infrastructure needed to
slash emissions by 2030 means acting much faster than government is used to.
These aren’t ordinary times. We can’t act as if they are."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
