Picture the scene: you’re home alone on Wednesday night when suddenly there’s an unexpected knock on the front door. You open, sheepishly, only to find an assortment of tiny witches, zombies, devils, ghosts and Harry Potters with their hands out…and then the fear really sets in – you’ve forgotten the lollies.
electricity, emissions, innovation and technology, renewables, solar, consumers, newsPossibly unknown to people outside of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), there’s a longstanding tradition connecting ANZAC Day with heaters in the capital…
Australian Capital Territory, gas, consumers, winterThe AFL ‘Granny’. It’s one of the biggest sporting events in Australia, drawing in one hundred thousand spectators to the MCG and millions more viewing live from home, pubs and clubs both here and overseas. It’s also the biggest energy consumption day of the year for one of the world’s largest stadiums.
Victoria, electricity, emissions, innovation and technology, peak demand, technologyAEMO is developing the Integrated System Plan (ISP), a plan to transition our power system from large coal-fired generators to more dispersed renewable generators whilst achieving security, reliability and emissions targets.
national electricity market, emissions, podcastAEMO has a special relationship with EirGrid, the Transmission System Operator of Ireland. Here, we talk to Noel Cunniffe, Renewable Integration Lead in the Operations, Planning and Innovation department at EirGrid, about the growing partnership between our two organisations.
International, electricity, energy security, interviewIt sure felt cold, and at times unending, especially in the south eastern states, but the recently departed winter season was actually the fifth warmest on record.
winter, weather, infographic, report, New South Wales, consumersWith rooftop solar forecast to grow by at least 10,000 megawatts in the next two decades across the National Electricity Market (that is roughly equivalent to 20% of all existing generating capacity), Energy Live dives into how the growth of solar is now a real disrupter - not just for AEMO, but system operators worldwide.
International, electricity, technology, renewables, solar, innovation and technologyThe Australian Capital Territory (ACT) network operator Evoenergy has taken a step closer to rolling out a viable renewable gas source with the launch of their first-of-its-kind hydrogen test facility earlier this week.
podcast, hydrogen, gas, consumers, renewables, solar, wind, Australian Capital Territory, energy explainedIt’s the most anticipated racing event of the year in the sport of kings, the race that stops a nation. The first Tuesday of November is here, and the Melbourne Cup is finally upon us!
Victoria, consumers, electricity, people stories, newsAustralia is in the midst of significant change in the way that we generate, use and store energy for our homes and businesses. We are seeing recent closures of large coal generators in Victoria and South Australia. These big powerful machines have simply come to the end of their useful lives and will be replaced by more flexible modern generation. This short video explores some of the important work AEMO is doing in this space with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency, ARENA.
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