Australia is feeling the pinch of the global energy crisis with soaring fuel prices sending wholesale electricity prices skyrocketing. We have never seen futures contracts …
May 2022 Electricity Market Review
April 2022 Electricity Market Review
Futures prices in the April 2022 energy market have been on a wild ride with record highs and sharp reversals making it hard to keep …
March 2022 Electricity Market Review
What a difference 12 months can make. This time last year the NEM was enjoying the lowest prices on record, thermal generators were threatening to …
The historical role of coal in Australia and the National Energy Grid
Australia has really started to open the throttle to accelerate the transition to renewable energy as we try to reach net zero emissions to combat …
February 2022 Electricity Market Review
After writing about the accelerating pace of Australia’s renewable transition for some time now, February’s news still took us by surprise. Just as the futures …
Summer 2021-2022 Electricity Market Review
Welcome to the first market review of 2022! It has been a subdued summer weather-wise for the eastern states with La Niña dominating temperatures but …
November 2021 Electricity Market Review
Summer is on our doorstep and it’s official – it is going to be a wet one. The Bureau of Meteorology announced this month that …
October 2021 Electricity Market Review
As the world gathered in Glasgow for COP 26, the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, the Morrison Government announced that it would commit Australia to …
September 2021 Electricity Market Review
Energy prices in NSW and Queensland jumped around in the September 2021 energy market in response to the global energy crisis against a backdrop of …
August 2021 Electricity Market Review
The steep price gains of the last few months slowed down in August but showed no signs of reversing. Another month of notable renewable output …
