Solar surge push out coal plants in Australia

asia power 2020年7月28日

摘要:Wholesale electricity prices are sinking lower than it costs to buy coal. Even the world’s top coal ...

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Wholesaleelectricitypricesaresinkinglowerthanitcoststobuycoal.Eventheworld’stopcoalexporterisstrugglingtomakemoneyfromburningthefuel.Australia’scoalpowerplants inmanycaseslowerthanitcoststheplanttobuyitscoal EnergySecurityBoardchairKerrySchottsaid.Reduceddemandbecauseofcoronavirusrestrictionshasalsodampedprices.ReadmorefromBloomberg givingenergyplannersthetrickytaskofensuringenergysecuritywhilstreplacingthesteady predictableflowofpowerwithmorevariablerenewablegeneration.Asurgeinnewwindandsolarcapacityisdrivingwholesaleelectricitypricesaslowas$29(A$40)perMWhinsomepartsofthenetwork