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).
CEC WIF 2026
The Clean Energy Council’s annual Australian Wind Industry Forum was held in Melbourne on Tuesday 26th May 2026.
Here’s a collation of articles pertaining to this.
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.
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?