Reality is dawning … it would take a major miracle to reach 82% by 2030
In the past couple weeks (including at ACES 2026, but also elsewhere) it's seemed that the penny has dropped ... only by a miracle will we achieve 82% by 2030.
Conferences & Other Events
A collation of articles pertaining to various Conferences and other Events.
Elevated prices in South Australia through the day on Thursday 30th July 2026
It’s Thursday evening 30th July 2026 as we approach the end of a day when my phone has been buzzing fairly consistently through the day with spot prices above $500/MWh in the South Australian region.
An interim ‘Conference Wrap’ (Part 2) from 2026 winter Conference Season
With four of our team attending CEC ACES in Sydney this coming week, here's an interim guide to 14 observations we've made in Conference Season for Winter 2026 (to date).
How many years of reference data are required to construct a robust model of the future?
We thought it was worth separately collating these examples of how to answer the question ‘How many years of reference data are required to construct a robust model of the future?’.
Two of the points that resonated (with respect to the recent SA Wind Lull) in today’s Endgame Seminar
On slide from the Endgame seminar today in Brisbane focused on the recent 4-day wind lull in South Australia. Many points resonated, but I want to flag just two ...
Also looking forward to this week’s Endgame seminar ‘Expanding the modeller’s toolkit’
No less of interest for me will be this Tuesday’s Endgame seminar in Brisbane, titled ‘Expanding the modeller’s toolkit’.
A few of us are looking forward to 2026 Australian Clean Energy Summit (on next week) … will we see you there?
A short note in anticipation of next week’s 2026 Australian Clean Energy Summit. Will we see you there?
Looking forward to learning from today/tomorrow’s Australia Wind Energy conference (albeit vicariously)
It’s Wednesday 8th July 2026, which means that it’s today that’s the first day of the ‘Australia Wind Energy 2026’ conference and exhibition in Melbourne. We wish we could be there, but will learn (vicariously) afterwards.
We’re* looking forward to today’s AEC Conference in Sydney
Adding to 'conference season' ... today (Thu 4th June 2026) it’s Sydney’s turn, with the Australian Energy Council organising a one-day conference with the provocative title ‘Energy2050: Mapping the way Forward’.
Reflections on supply and demand from a week split between attending and presenting at two very different industry conferences
Last week our team attended the CEC's Wind Industry Forum, then I presented at the EUAA's National Conference the next day. Moving between them in under 48 hours sharply reminded me how differently the NEM's supply and demand sides frame the challenges ahead.
Reframing the grid discussion from system strength to system behaviour
Bruce Miller talks about why system strength is badly misunderstood. Through analogies using bridges, seeing eye dogs, and bumpy roads, he argues the industry's fixation on fault level and inertia misses the real engineering challenges of the transition — and risks costly, counterproductive fixes.
Was looking forward to this Bureau Veritas Networking Event in Melbourne
It was the evening before the CEC’s AWIF for 2026, so we had an interest in attending this Networking event in Melbourne (on Monday 25th May 2026), held by Bureau Veritas.
Will we see you at the CEC’s Australian Wind Industry Forum (this Tuesday 26th May 2026 in Melbourne)?
A few of us are gearing up to be in Melbourne on Tuesday at the Clean Energy Council’s Australian Wind Industry Forum 2026 ... will we see you there?
Craig Scroggie guest speaker at QEC on Friday 22nd May 2026
We appreciated the opportunity to host a table at the Queensland Energy Club lunch on Friday 22nd May 2026 in Brisbane.
Will we see you at the EUAA National Conference 2026 next week?
Both Dan Lee and myself are looking forward to next week’s EUAA National Conference in Melbourne. Will we see you there?
AIE Forum in Brisbane on ‘the role of Gas Peaking’ on 14th May 2026
This event by the AIE was held in Brisbane on Thursday 14th May 2026 and explored 'the role of gas'.
I’m speaking next week at the Australian Power Symposium 2026 … ‘insights into the Australian spot electricity market’
We’ve been asked to ‘present insights into the Australian spot electricity market’ at the ASX Power Symposium on Wednesday 18th February 2026.
24 GW in 24 months, a race against time for the NEM
Following his presentation at All-Energy in Melbourne last week, David Dixon reports on the state of the NEM's ambition to reach 82% renewables by 2030.
Dispatch, trading and bidding: Is that what a control room does?
Based on her presentation at All-Energy last week, Ellise Janetzki from Overwatch Energy shares some insights about asset control room requirements and operations.
Four observations from All-Energy 2025
Four reflections from All-Energy 2025 in Melbourne last week— where home batteries took the limelight, government-backed contracting showed some cracks, control-room pressures loomed large, and gas remained the conference’s quiet taboo.