Renewable energy
Strategy
Responding to a changing climate: the government’s climate strategy
The New Zealand Government has recently reiterated its commitment to reducing the impacts of climate change and prepare for its future impacts. As part of its response, the government has developed this climate change strategy that sets out how it will deliver on New Zealand’s climate goals.
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Unplugged is inflexible: how drivers’ plug in behaviour determines the flexibility of electric vehicle (dis)charging
This study focuses on how the amount of time that electric vehicles are plugged into chargers impacts the potential benefits of managed charging. The study considers multiple objectives for managed charging and assesses the impacts on the cost of charging, the stress on the distribution network and the potential to align charging with renewable energy...
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2024 Integrated System Plan for the National Electricity Market: a roadmap for the energy transition
AEMO’s Integrated System Plan (ISP) is a roadmap for the transition of the National Electricity Market (NEM) power system, with a clear plan for essential infrastructure that will meet future energy needs. The 2024 ISP confirms that renewable energy, connected by transmission and distribution, firmed with storage and backed up by gas-powered generation, is the...
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Powering past gas: an energy strategy that works
The authors of this report map a pathway to move beyond gas, both domestically and in Australia's exports. The report emphasises that Australia does not need new gas projects, as the world will shortly be awash with cheap gas, at the same time as this fossil fuel will play a shrinking role in our domestic...
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A second wind: maximising the economic opportunity for UK wind manufacturing
The United Kingdom needs a comprehensive green industrial strategy for the wind sector, bringing together deployment targets and the enabling expansion in wind manufacturing. The authors of this paper set out a series of coordinated industrial policies for the wind sector.