An organised flexibility market requires organisation
Discover why a well-organised flexibility market is key to delivering secure, reliable, and affordable energy in New Zealand.
Making flexibility a feature of system and network operation
Cortexo and Our Energy are committed to action that results in the electricity system and market being able to meet the challenges and opportunities
A flexibility-first approach is the key
Last week, we talked about the plan to unlock the value of DER and flexibility and what good progress towards having that plan might look like. In this article, we move on to outlining how the first step to unlocking the value of DER and flexibility is to take a flexibility-first approach to network operation […]
The state of things: pace of progress towards electrification
Now, let’s talk about a plan We now want to talk about the plan to unlock the value of DER and flexibility and how both can help with accelerating electrification. We want to talk about the vision for the future. The outcomes needed to unlock the value of DER and flexibility. The priorities for achieving […]
The clock is ticking: Flexibility and NZ’s electricity sector
Meeting the carbon budgets proposed by the Climate Change Commission requires a fit-for-purpose electricity system and market
What’s the Real Cost of Inaction in NZ’s Power Sector?
The electricity sector will not make a least-cost transition to a low emission future without a plan of action. How the electricity sector plans to evolve.
Can NZ’s Electricity System Meet Future Carbon Budgets?
The Climate Commission calls for a clear government-level energy strategy by June 2023 to show how to meet the proposed carbon budgets.
What I learnt at ‘All-Energy Australia’
Last week (23/24 October) I attended All-Energy AU in Melbourne. I’ve been attending this conference for several years, and this year I have to say it was the best one I’ve been too. What helped is that it was twice the size of previous years as they ran the Energy Efficiency Expo in parallel. Plenary […]
Tomorrows Grid today
PV, batteries & EV’s as IoT devices The following is an abstract submitted for a conference at the end of the year So we put solar on the roof and a battery in the garage and power most of our house for most of the time. Is that all there is? What’s the next step-change […]
The (inevitable) democratisation of the electricity consumer.
In the not too distant future, it will be the endpoints of the electricity grid (consumers/prosumers) that manage the supply, balance the load, maintain the frequency, generate and store electricity as well as trade those services between each other. The all-powerful centralised electricity system that carries out all those duties today will still exist, but […]