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A report just released by the Victoria Energy Policy Center (VEPC) confirms renewable electricity generation has brought wholesale electricity prices down – and is likely to continue to do so.<\/p>\n

While painting an international picture, a focus in the report is a case study of the situation in South Australia.<\/p>\n

First the bad news – closure of 520 MW of coal generation capacity at South Australia’s Northern Power Station in SA and 1,600 MW of capacity at Hazelwood Power Station in Victoria raised wholesale prices in South Australia in 2017 by $23 per MWh from what they otherwise would be, due to increased use of gas.<\/p>\n

The good news – renewables brought wholesale electricity prices down by $38 per MWh this year, more than offsetting that figure.<\/p>\n

A $10\/MWh reduction was attributed to 1,110 GWh of distributed solar energy generation (much of that from SA’s home solar power<\/a> systems) and $28\/MWh from 5,500 GWh of wind energy generation.<\/p>\n

Subsidies For Renewables Provide Good Value<\/h2>\n

Additionally, the report also points out extending the life of Northern Power Station and the Leigh Creek coal mine would have required\u00a0 an unknown level of public subsidy, along with subsidies to replace the foregone greenhouse emission reductions resulting from closure. However, on the renewables side of things, subsidies have provided good value – price reductions from renewable generation in South Australia are more than three times the cost of associated subsidies.<\/p>\n

Traditionally, South Australia has always been subject to high electricity prices compared to other states – even when Northern Power Station and Hazelwood were operating. As SQ’s Ronald has previously stated<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“South Australia doesn\u2019t have high electricity prices because it has renewable energy.\u00a0 South Australia has renewable energy because it has high electricity prices.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There’s been much said about Australia’s “energy trilemma”, the elements of which are decarbonisation, higher prices and power system reliability – and the bigger picture of the report is that renewables have the first two sorted.<\/p>\n

“In electricity\u00a0there is no dilemma between decarbonisation and lower wholesale prices. System reliability and security must be prioritised in the transition to cleaner sources of power,” says VEPC Director, Bruce Mountain. “But whether there is a dilemma between reliability and a cleaner power system remains to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report<\/a> (PDF), “Does Renewable Electricity Generation Lower Prices?” was authored by Associate Professor Mountain, Dr Steven Percy, Dr Asli Kars, Adjunct Associate Professor Hugh Saddler and Farhad Billimoria.<\/p>\n

VEPC is part of the Victoria Institute of Strategic Economic Studies within Victoria University, Melbourne. The Centre was launched in June this year by Victoria’s Andrews Labor Government to help inform energy policy development, but acts as an independent agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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