Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 94.2% RE Last 258 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

Australia has huge potential for medium-sized solar installations on businesses, factories & farms. This is really important policy. But I hope it is paired with some sort of incentive to pair the solar with batteries... www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

Solar costs for business to be slashed under energy scheme expansion

The federal government is set to announce changes to the Small-scale Renewable Energy scheme in a bid to help businesses install solar systems and close the gap with residential take-up.

abc.net.au

Wind, Solar & Batteries are much more than fuel savers on Austalia's main electricity grid. Peak total NEM demand is ~40 GW, but the contribution from wind, solar & batteries means that peak residual demand in the last 12 months is almost 30% lower at 28 GW. /1

Fascinating article: Will the electrification of massive mining haul trucks follow the path of EVs, namely Chinese brands quickly overtaking & dominating the slower moving traditional non-Chinese suppliers?

ACCR@accr.bsky.social · 3d ago

For XCMG, the Pilbara isn’t just another export market – it has become the ultimate testing ground to show heavy mining equipment can work at scale without the need for diesel. www.afr.com/world/asia/c...

Australia Electricity Emissions Update: Average NEM emission intensity over last 12 months: 518 kg CO2-e/MWh. Down 24% since 2020, down 38% since 2015 Sth Australia reductions leading the way thanks to its increase in wind & PV generation. Down 29% since 2020, 68% since 2015

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 98.0% RE Last 257 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

Mine backed by net zero opponent Gina Rinehart achieved 90 per cent renewable share in latest quarter, far greater than expected https://reneweconomy.com.au/rinehart-back-miner-achieves-90-pct-renewables-in-june-quarter-may-take-processing-plant-off-grid/

Rinehart-backed miner achieves 90 pct renewables in June quarter, may take processing plant off grid

Mine backed by net zero opponent Gina Rinehart achieved 90 per cent renewable share in latest quarter, far greater than expected.

reneweconomy.com.au

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 92.4% RE Last 256 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 92.3% RE Last 255 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

June was a BEV share record again in China. Third in a row! Pure ICE are doomed to fall to below 10% in the next 3 or so years.

The transition to EVs really speeding up in Australia. Look at the ICE share of new car registrations plummet!

LeRaffl@leraffl.bsky.social · 4w ago

All time best BEV share month in June in Australia, and the 5th one in a row! I hope they can somehow figure out how to keep this acceleration going down under.

All time best BEV share month in June in Australia, and the 5th one in a row! I hope they can somehow figure out how to keep this acceleration going down under.

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 97.4% RE Last 254 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

Our heatwaves will get hotter and hotter and hotter until we get to global net zero greenhouse gas emissions and so stabilise the climate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fantastic EV news in Canberra. 43% of new car sales in June were pure EVs 55% pure EVs + PHEVs The ACT's 100% renewable electricity target shields residents from extreme electricity prices. In a 1-2 decades it will be highly resilient to extreme oil prices reneweconomy.com.au/low-cost-win...

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 93.5% RE Last 253 weeks: 98.5% RE (1/5)

Australia Electricity Emissions June Update: Average NEM emission intensity over last 12 months: 521 kg CO2-e/MWh. Down 23% since 2020, down 38% since 2015 Sth Australia reductions leading the way thanks to its increase in wind & PV generation. Down 31% since 2020, 69% since 2015.

Australia's main electricity grid, the NEM, has long had flexible gas and hydro to help manage the highly variable supply-demand balance. Now storage (mostly batteries) is rapidly growing & will soon be the main source of flexible supply.

Here are some stats from Australia showing just how much rooftop PV has reduced peak demand. Utility renewables have also performed very well on these occasions. bsky.app/profile/davi...

Dave Osmond@davidosmond.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Record breaking electricity demand in both Victoria and Sth Australia yesterday. Wind & solar performed very well, reducing residual demand by 28% & 58% respectively. 4th highest ever demand on the NEM as a whole, with wind & solar reducing residual demand by 30% Here's stats from post 2023 data

Another interesting stat. Eyre has a weather station & has recorded some extraordinary temperature variability. It had a min of -2.1 deg C on 14 Nov 2016, then 2 days later on Nov 16 had a max of 44 deg C! A friend of mine happened to be camping there at the time.

The London Ambulance Service responded to the highest number of life-threatening emergencies in its history yesterday. The Chief Executive said this was "driven by the extreme heat across London".

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 86.1% RE Last 252 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/6)

Yesterday (Sunday) saw the worst 1-day wind drought in over 2 years on Australia's NEM. Just 24 GWh of wind generation, the lowest since 13 June 2024 (16 GWh) But PV generation was OK. Yesterday's VRE total (wind+utilityPV+rooftopPV) of 105 GWh was better than the 82 GWh total on May 18 last month

People are still underestimating how much the prospects of LNG growth in Asia are totally busted. Even setting aside the Hormuz factor, the economics are just brutal: 🧵 www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

Exxon Mobil Should Skip a Vanishing LNG Market

Exxon Mobil Corp. appears to think buying an Australian LNG producer might be the best way to make the most of global energy markets after the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz. That could be a costl...

bloomberg.com

Australia relies on trucking. And today our biggest trucking company, Linfox, rolled out new electric trucks with support from the Albanese Government.

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 96.9% RE Last 251 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)

The call comes in a new report, Energy Sovereignty for Regional Australia, commissioned by Farmers for Climate Action and written by University of Western Australia Adjunct Professor Ray Wills. Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/news/260611-...

Two things are going to happen in Australia's main grid in the next few years - Renewables are going to overtake coal - Battery discharge is going to overtake gas 🥰

Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with 24GW/120GWh of storage (5 hrs at av demand) Results: Last week: 99.4% RE Last 250 weeks: 98.6% RE (1/5)

just saw a video of a guy running after a bus he missed and then another guy passing by in a cargo bike told him to hop in the front basket and the they passed the bus and the cyclist dropped the dude at the next stop 😭😭😭 www.instagram.com/reel/DXzdVAX...