Energy users face more ‘extreme events’

Electricity blackouts and crippling price spikes won’t be solved by new solar and wind farms alone, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) warns. AEMO CEO Daniel Westerman has used a business summit to argue for the so-called capacity mechanism that would pay electricity generation companies to have stand-by power available to meet demand. High-impact events […]

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