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Latest Australia Benchmark Power Curve insight for Q1 2024
Cornwall Insight Australia has released our latest NEM Benchmark power curve (NEM BPC) for Q1 2024 to our subscribers. Our latest data from our recent Australian NEM Benchmark Power Curve shows that policy settings and decarbonisation ambition is likely to lead to a temporary, but significant, increase in wholesale energy…
Low carbon generation
Financing the Green Transition
Following the Covid-19 pandemic and the energy crisis, the UK has found itself amid a period of prolonged macroeconomic and geopolitical volatility that has imparted negative effects across the economy, leading to rises in inflation, interest rates, and the cost of capital. While these issues are not unique to the…
Energy storage and flexibility
Integrate to Zero – Rewarding consumers for flexibility: global market highlights
This report, developed in partnership with Integrate to Zero, explores the highlights, insights, and themes that are characterising household flexibility markets around the world. We carried out desk-based research using an initial review of different energy markets to spotlight and evaluate the flexibility-focused propositions that were present in these markets….
Regulation and policy
Government Announces Record Budget for Contracts for Difference Allocation Round 6
The government has released the budget and reference prices, along with the auction parameters, for the upcoming Contract for Difference (CfD) Allocation Round 6 (AR6). As recently reported, there were considerable questions outstanding about the parameters which will be used in the auction and significant pressure was placed on AR6…
Regulation and policy
Two years on: How Russia’s invasion of Ukraine reshaped the UK’s energy landscape
Two years ago, on 24 February 2022, Russia launched a large-scale invasion of Ukraine. As well as causing widespread devastation and displacement, resulting in a humanitarian crisis, the ensuing conflict also had a wide range of consequences for the energy sector such as causing a structural change in European gas…
Regulation and Policy
Two years on: Exploring the impact of the Russia-Ukraine conflict on UK Energy
Two years on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, our experts discuss how the invasion has shaped the UK energy sector and the ongoing impacts. Hear from our Graduate Analyst, Matthew Smith, as they are joined by our Lead Research Analyst, Dr Matthew Chadwick, in this podcast. Subscribers of our Industry…
Heat networks
Heat network zoning – how will it deliver for consumers
Heating is responsible for around 20% of the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions, so decarbonising the heat in buildings may be essential to achieve net zero targets in GB. Heat networks go some way to providing a solution to this challenge and could provide up to a fifth of total UK…
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Irish Times| Electricity prices to fall
Following the release of our All-Island Forward Curve our Senior Modeller Sarah Nolan spoke in the Irish Times, on why higher than anticipated gas storage in Europe is forecast to push down power prices over the next year. Irish Times -
Media Mentions
PV Magazine| FCAS markets and battery profits
New forecasts from Cornwall Insight Australia revealed a lucrative and enduring role for batteries in the recently launched Very Fast Frequency Control Ancillary Services (VF FCAS) markets. Our Modelling Manager Ben Tudman spoke to PV Magazine on why the higher prices available will hopefully see appetite grow for involvement in…