South Australia and Victoria face a heightened risk of blackouts this summer as the nation's east coast swelters under El Nino conditions. That's according to a new report calling for urgent investment in renewables to avoid a power crisis over the next decade.
Australia is in the midst of an energy transition.
"Without urgent and sustained investment in the electricity system, reliability risks do exist. But plans do exist as well." The Energy Market’s Reliability Standards requires just over 99.9 per cent of customer demand to be met each year.This summer, El Nino is forecast to inflict hot and dry weather and low wind, creating higher power demand.
"Australia, lights out - that's the risk, we now face. Nobody is saying these challenges are easy, however you do not apply an ideological approach to fixing them.": “Can you guarantee then there won't be blackouts on the east coast this summer?”: “What I guarantee is that all governments are working together with AEMO, to make sure as our grid is as stable as it possibly can be, going into what will be a very hot summer.
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