Record levels of renewable energy push demand for electricity from the grid to all-time low for Dece
Increased output from renewables, with a near-zero fuel cost, also nudged more coal and gas out of the generation market Even with relatively calm days producing the lowest recent quarterly utilisation rate, total windfarm output exceeded any previous December quarter. Photograph: Russell Freeman/AAP Milder temperatures and record levels of renewable energy drove electricity demand to its lowest levels for any December quarter, according to the Australian Energy Market Operat
Australian energy users call gas industry ‘a bunch of bullies’ amid claims of supply shortages
Producers argue Albanese government’s price cap intervention has ‘paralysed the market’ An industry group claiming supply shortages remain, while the peak gas lobby is warning the sector has become ‘virtually paralysed’ by the price cap. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Strains in the gas market have not been eased by the Albanese government’s price caps imposed late last year, with an industry group claiming supply shortages remain while the peak gas lobby is warning the s
