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"Australia’s main power grid faces the “real” possibility ageing coal-fired
power plants will drop out before sufficient generation capacity and
transmission lines are in place, the Australian Energy Market Operator has
said.
The comments, contained in a draft report on Aemo’s main blueprint for the
national electricity market, come a day after New South Wales faced its first
grid strains of the summer. Authorities called on consumers to reduce
non-essential power use as temperatures hovered in the high-30s across much of
Sydney.
Aemo’s report, known as the integrated system plan, noted that 10 big
coal-fired power plants had shut in the national electricity market since 2012.
The remaining coal fleet may shut as much as three times faster than companies
have flagged in their own public announcements.
Aemo said in the mostly likely scenario about 90% of the current 21 gigawatts
of coal capacity would retire by 2034-35 and all by 2038. Even in its
“progressive change” path, only 4GW of coal generation would remain in
2034-35."
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
