Handling coal fleet retirement

摘要

Australia eyes retiring 63% of its coal-fired capacity by 2040, but it will need 30GW of utility-scale renewables to fill the gap and satisfy growing grid demand, according to an analysis by the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO). "Whilst overall grid demand is being held constant by distributed energy resources (DER), we will still need generation capacity to meet peak demand and to replace retiring plants," it said.