Setting a price for power might seem straightforward, but in reality it’s extremely complicated – and residential customers have very little influence in the decision.
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Residents in remote communities at the end of the power grid have long struggled with unreliable power. But change is coming
Even as they create and enable expansive virtual worlds, data centers are physical buildings in real communities around the nation and the globe.
Three hours of free power isn’t a giveaway – it’s meant to help the grid use floods of cheap solar. To succeed, the new scheme has to be fair.
Govt top-ups help households to keep warm over winter. But rising power prices are creating an urgent need for longer-term energy solutions.
Eskom’s plans to cut power to 14 indebted municipalities expose a deepening crisis in South Africa’s state-owned electricity provider.
Deregulation promised competition but delivered middlemen instead.
Many homeowners could save money on their heating bills by installing heat pumps – but not everyone, and not everywhere.
How many data centers will be built – and how much electricity they’ll need – is uncertain. Being prepared costs money, but so does being unprepared.
Polling reveals changing attitudes to the threat of climate change around the world.
The government’s energy package is unnecessarily preoccupied with fossil fuels and ignores important reform work already underway.
The government wants to motivate manufacturers to electrify their energy use.
Power regulators want to ensure reliable electricity supply, but there’s more to customer service than that in the age of smart appliances, solar panels and EVs.
To really compare different electricity sources, you also have to look at the roles they play in keeping the lights on and their drawbacks.
Solar and wind farms make power very cheaply. But power bills are still climbing because we underestimated other costs, from transmission to storage.
‘Zonal pricing’ would not address price distortions caused by gas.
The good news is that New Zealand is on track to meet electricity demand with renewable generation by 2030. The less good news is that winter price spikes are still likely.
Energy Minister Simeon Brown wants to explore importing gas to prop up electricity generation – but subsidising the expansion of rooftop solar would be quicker, cheaper and more popular.
The Coalition’s nuclear plan is an unwelcome proposal which will slow the energy transition and increase our dependence on gas – a surefire way to drive up energy bills.
If Australia is to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, the Coalition needs to stump up with a plan to decarbonise the entire economy.
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW
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