The changing electricity grid

There has been unprecedented change across the National Electricity Market (NEM) over the past two decades with utility scale grid renewable generation increasing a staggering 850 fold in a twenty year period.

The following animated video tells the story of this transformative change, and charts the exponential rise of utility scale solar generation in particular, which has seen a power system primarily reliant on coal, gas and hydro generation evolve into one that is driven by solar, wind and other renewable energy sources.

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Australian Energy Market Operator, 27 July 2020.

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