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AEMO 100% Renewables Study. 28 September 2012. Assumptions and input forum. Outline of the day. This morning Context, scope of the study (DCCEE) AEMO’s approach Questions from the floor Demand-side assumptions (AEMO) After the break Supply-side assumptions (AEMO)
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AEMO 100% Renewables Study 28 September 2012 Assumptions and input forum
Outline of the day • This morning • Context, scope of the study (DCCEE) • AEMO’s approach • Questions from the floor • Demand-side assumptions (AEMO) • After the break • Supply-side assumptions (AEMO) • Questions from the floor • Next steps (AEMO) • Where to from here (DCCEE)
Purpose of the study • Part of the Government’s Clean Energy Future Plan • The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) tasked with expanding its planning scenarios • … to prepare for greater use of renewable energy
Scope of the study The modelling will investigate: • scenarios for a 100 per cent renewable electricity supply at 2030 and 2050; • generation plant and major transmission networks required to support each scenario; • the estimated capital cost requirements; and • an estimate of the impact on customer energy prices.
Broader context National Electricity Market • Over $10 billion of electricity traded annually • Network asset values >$55bnwith investment of ~$8bn annually • Major undertaking to consider a 100% Renewables mix • This is the first step Source: AEMO 2010
Where this study fits ? 2030 2050 It does not consider how we might get there… … or what an alternative world might look like… …these are some of the other pieces of the puzzle. Feasibility Feasibility Resources Resources Total cost Total cost Relative cost Relative cost ? ? Transition path Transition path ? ? What might a ‘100% Renewables’ future look like? ? ? Policy mechanism Policy mechanism ? ? 2012 6
AEMO 100% Renewables Study 28 September 2012 Assumptions and input forum