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UNCOVERED: Aemo - The Untold Story

Hot weather and hungry datacentres lift Australia’s energy demand to record highs but batteries quell prices

Rise in electricity demand in first quarter of 2026 was moderated by record output from rooftop solar

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How will datacentres affect Australia’s power prices, water supply and emissions?

There’s a growing expectation that if you build a datacentre you must meet your own energy needs. But there are other key policy questions that need answering

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Cheapest path to energy and climate goals locked in

Solar and wind firmed by storage and backed by gas remains the cheapest pathway to meet Australia's growing demand for electricity while reaching climate goals

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Australia’s energy grid must triple capacity by 2050 with major increase to wind and solar, Aemo says

Market operator says capital cost of infrastructure under optimal path would be $128bn in today’s dollars, but price of delay is even higher

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Datacentres demand huge amounts of electricity. Could they derail Australia’s net zero ambitions?

Banks of servers operating 24/7 generate massive amounts of heat, requiring power to run and cool them

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Skates on to ensure secure exit of major coal plant

The risk of power blackouts remain if necessary security infrastructure can't be sped up to come online in time for a major coal generator to shutter.

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That syncon feeling: the 150 tonnes of spinning steel that could help stabilise Australia’s energy transition

Australia’s largest synchronous condenser begins testing in Victoria, joining an expanding network operators say will reduce the grid’s reliance on fossil fuels

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Australian wholesale electricity prices are falling. So when will power bills stop rising?

The cost of generating power is definitely getting cheaper but the savings may take time to flow through

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Former Adelaide MP named new ALP president – as it happened

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Queensland to run its coal plants up to a decade longer than previously planned

State treasurer’s energy roadmap announces ‘coal for longer’, despite previous government’s plan to turn most of it off by 2035

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Next-generation solar technology inches closer to roofs

More efficient solar cells are getting closer to commercial launch thanks to a breakthrough involving a new design and more durable chemicals.

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Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station could close six years early

Crisafulli government wants coal plants to run longer – reversing previous Queensland Labor government’s plans to end reliance on coal power by 2035

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Queensland court bans pro-Palestine bridge rally; Chalmers reveals list of 10 priorities from the economic roundtable – as it happened

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Grid reliability gaps covered, if no project delays

Australia's investment pipeline for clean energy, storage and transmission to replace coal is "healthy", but project delays pose reliability questions.

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Australia’s biggest battery now on standby to prevent NSW power blackouts

The Waratah Super Battery will stabilise the grid and put further downward pressure on electricity prices, experts say

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An unlikely group of protesters fear Victoria’s power bill is a threat to private landowners. Here’s what we know

Is Labor’s VicGrid bill really as alarming as some believe and what does it mean for property owners?

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Search for new power transmission options as cost of overhead powerlines in Australia soars

Local options such as rooftop solar and battery storage could play larger role in backing up power system, Aemo says

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Renewables influx a cooler change to summer energy mix

More batteries, solar and wind have combined with shrinking coal input to help slash greenhouse gas emissions from Australia's main electricity grid.

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Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?

The opposition leader’s election pitch maintains Labor has presided over a litany of price rises – but experts say some problems began on Coalition’s watch

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Mild winters and trend towards electrification will push back gas shortage until 2028, Aemo says

Increased cost of the fossil fuel has also cut forecasts of how much gas will be needed in Australia’s southern states

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Record renewables share in grid as power demand climbs

Emissions fell to record lows in the three months to December as renewables notched a record share and coal's contribution dipped below half for the first time.

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Renewables break record for share of Australia’s main energy supply in December quarter, data reveals

Australian Energy Market Operator also reports year-on-year price spike linked to an increase in coal outages

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Coalition insists nuclear plan won't blow up economy

The federal opposition has slammed government analysis that suggests its nuclear energy calculations are based on a shrinking economy in five states.

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Hottest Melbourne day since January 2023 forecast as heat spikes across central and eastern Australia

Temperatures in areas such as Wilcannia and Ivanhoe in NSW unlikely to drop below 30C overnight, BoM warns

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Energy generators poke holes in Dutton’s nuclear plan as questions over costings pile up

‘No one really has the foggiest idea of what it will cost to develop nuclear in Australia,’ one expert says

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