https://archive.md/X15qP
"Fossil fuels sank to their lowest-ever levels across Australia’s east-coast
electricity mix in the final three months of 2022 as green power supplies
overtook black coal’s output for the first time in the history of the grid.
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), in new a report on Wednesday,
revealed renewable energy generation hit a record high, supplying on average 40
per cent of the grid’s power during the December quarter, beating the previous
record of 35 per cent set in the same period of the prior year.
Until now, black coal – the fuel burned at the biggest power stations in NSW
and Queensland – had been the single largest source of electricity across the
nation’s main power grid.
When black coal is counted with brown coal, which is used in Victoria’s power
plants, the fuel still delivers the dominant share of the east-coast
electricity mix. However, large wind and solar farms coupled with Australians’
booming uptake of rooftop solar panels, have been radically reshaping the
market and squeezing out fossil fuels.
The AEMO figures show that both black and brown coal fell to their lowest
average shares since the east-coast electricity market was created in 1998.
Gas-fired power generation, meanwhile, declined to its lowest average quarterly
output since 2004 amid low demand and historically high domestic gas prices.
Violette Mouchaileh, AEMO’s head of reform delivery, said output from
large-scale wind and solar farms across the grid grew strongly during the
quarter, producing 20 per cent of total generation as more renewable energy
projects were commissioned and connected."
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