Please distribute to your network those sections which may be relevant. Regards, Bob King
Project amendments are proceeding without referral back for submissions, e.g. Liverpool Range Wind Farm – SSD-6696-Mod-1 EXH-67001459, increased tip height to 215m, increased vegetation clearing, but reduced turbines from 267 to 185.
Battery projects and enlargement are also being approved without consultation. There has been an explosion of utility scale batteries since the Governments underwriting scheme (value undisclosed). The Government has also been funding many through ARENA. In 2023 eight projects for 2GW worth A$2.7BLN were financially supported.
In addition to arbitrage opportunities, other financial benefits for battery projects are given through the proposed congestion relief market, ‘firm’ offtake arrangements, FCAS services, sub-FCAS services, novel offtake structures, revenue sharing arrangements, support agreements, and policies such as the Government’s Capacity Investment Scheme and transmission access reforms.
QUICK SUMMARY
OF WHAT IS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS:-
LOCATED or ADVISED THIS WEEK
14/2/24 Gippsland Offshore Marine Survey
4/3/24 VNI West, Transgrids preferred route
PREVIOUSLY
5/2/24 NSW South West REZ
6/2/24 Pottinger Wind
8/2/24 Aust. Energy Market Commission rule changes
9/2/24 GenCost draft
9/2/24 AEMO’s Draft 2024 Forecasting Assumptions Update
9/2/24 Forecasting Assumptions and Gencost
9/2/24 Legislation on climate-related financial disclosures
9/2/24 Sandy Creek Solar, Dunedoo NSW
12/2/24 IPCN Hills of Gold Wind Farm
16/2/24 Draft ISP
16/2/24 Victorian Transmission
19/2/24 Gelliondale Wind, Vic
19/2/24 Senate Protecting the Spirit of Sea Country Bill 2023
23/2/24 Offshore Storage
24/2/24 Punchs Creek Solar, Toowoomba
March Transgrid 8km Mount piper to Wallerawang
22/3/24 House of Reps, enquiry into EVs
22/3/24 House of Reps, EV’s and Batteries
30/3/24 Australia’s new Nature Positive laws
15/5/24 South West REZ
6/2/24 Pottinger Wind, Jerilderie NSW,108turbines, 280m high, 750MW, BESS 500MW/2hr details: https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/projects/pottinger-wind-farm submissions https://epbcpublicportal.awe.gov.au/open-for-comments/project-decision/?id=62a1725a-e8b8-ee11-9078-002248933f51
8/2/23 Australian Energy Market Commission, AEMC, rule changes, a) concessional finance for transmission and b) to modify depreciation timing; both to speed up projects
9/2/23 Draft Forecasting Assumptions 2023/24
submissions [email protected]
9/2/24 GenCost draft Report
Submissions to [email protected]
9/2/24Exposure draft legislation on climate-related financial disclosures to amend Corporations Act and ASIC Act https://treasury.gov.au/consultation/c2024-466491
9/2/24 Sandy Creek Solar, Dunedoo NSW,700MW, BESS 700MW/2hr
12/2/24 IPCN Hills of Gold Wind, Nundle, 64turbines, BESS 100MW, $826M Submission https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/make-a-submission
14/2/24 Gippsland Offshore Wind Farm Marine Survey Investigations, Orsted, 8,300Kms sq
16/2/24 Victorian Transmission
16/2/23 Draft ISPhttps://aemo.com.au/consultations/current-and-closed-consultations/draft-2024-isp-consultation details https://www.energymagazine.com.au/ameo-releases-draft-2024-isp/ details from Climate Change Authority <[email protected]>
19/2/24 Gelliondale Wind, 13turbines, BESS, 14kms of access tracks
23/2/24 amendments to Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 by Protecting the Spirit of Sea Country Bill 2023 to consult First Nations people https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/Environment_and_Communications/SeaCountryBill2023
ttps://consult.industry.gov.au/offshore-petroleum-consultation-requirements
24/2/24 Punchs Creek, Millmerran, Toowoomba 800MW, BESS250MW/1hr details https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2024/01/08/queensland-council-calls-for-feedback-on-giga-scale-solar-and-battery-project/
Submissions to The Toowoomba Regional Council
March Transgrid 8km Mount Piper to Wallerawang
4/3/24 Transgrids VNI West preferred route
22/3/23 House of Reps, EV’s and EV Batteries, details
30/3/24 Australia’s new Nature Positive laws, EPBC Act reform – DCCEEW, to allow faster decisions
15/5/24 South West REZhttps://www.energyco.nsw.gov.au/news/refined-south-west-rez-draft-access-scheme-declaration
PETITIONS
William Shackell petition- Will needs another 10,000 https://www.nuclearforaustralia.com/
OCCASIONAL NOTES
ONE EVENTS
Feb6th Reliable Energy Rally to March on Canberra
February 13, 2024 Australian Energy & Battery Storage Conference, Sydney
March 11-12, 2024 Financial Review BHP Business Summit 2024
March 19-21, 2024 Energy Networks 2024 Conference + Exhibition, Adelaide
March 25-28, 2024 Australian Domestic Gas Outlook conference, Sydney
TWO – NSW project pipeline
At https://www.planningportal.nsw.gov.au/major-projects/
Request for Sears
Glen Innes BESS
Romani Solar, Hay
Amended Application
Goulburn River Solar BESS to increase to one 450MW and one 580MW from the 2021 proposed 260MW/2hr
THREE
Global investment in the low-carbon energy transition surged 17% in
2023, reaching US$1.77 trillion, according to BNEF’s flagship, Energy
Transition Investment Trends 2024.
However renewables are hardly visible in the following graph of 45 years since IPCC was mooted. Good interactive map https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-primary-energy?time=1988..latest
| Global direct primary energy consumptionEnergy consumption is measured in terawatt-hours, in terms of direct primary energy. This means that fossil fuels include the energy lost due to inefficiencies in energy production.ourworldindata.org |
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FOUR
Environmental Defenders Office, EDO, under intense criticism.
FIVE
In QLD last week the first Australian behind the meter (demand management) application was applied by turning down air conditioners. Smart meters will also allow access to home batteries and plugged in EVs. Residents with CPAP breathing machines are exempt with a doctors certificate.
SIX
SunWiz said 10 new solar farms totalling 1.1 GW came online in 2023, a 60% reduction on the 2.9 GW that started producing energy in 2022, and the worst year for solar farms since before their rollout began in earnest in 2018.
