"In a report to the federal Coalition, which had lambasted AGL over its Liddell closure plans and had attempted to force it to keep it open a further five years, AEMO says the closure will leave a shortfall of around 850MW of dispatchable capacity.
But AEMO says AGL’s plans for renewables, storage, demand management and gas generation – should they be delivered in full by AGL, or by another party – would deliver at least 1,000MW of new dispatchable capacity."
To me, this looks like an open invitation for microgrid companiesto enter the market.
"It did note, however, that if other market participants stepped in with their own plans – be it for battery storage, pumped hydro, gas generation, demand management – then AGL may no longer see an opportunity to go ahead with its third phase (which is mostly a 250MW battery storage unit)."
EMC's Summerhill project in Newcastle paves the way for other projects to be built in the area serviced by Liddel.
