The energy market operator is being forced to intervene daily in the electricity grid as an influx of renewable energy and ageing coal-fired power stations make the system unstable.
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| The electricity grid is seeing more intervention as the system struggles to cope with rapid change to more renewable energy. |
The Australian Energy Market Commission’s (AEMC) latest grid performance report found the “unprecedented change” caused by an increasing level of wind and solar power has forced the power system to change faster than expected and that it was failing to keep up.
The AEMC said the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has had to step in more frequently to keep the grid stable.
Read the story from The Age by Cole Latimer - “‘Unprecedented': Energy operator in daily fight to keep lights on.”
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