Renewables and storage supplied more than 50% of all demand for the last quarter of 2025, even though the all time record for demand was also set that quarter:
>[AEMO] said the increase “comprised a 29 per cent rise in wind output and a 15 per cent increase in grid-scale solar”.
>Battery discharge on average “nearly tripled”, AEMO said, as huge amounts of new storage were added to the system.
Both coal and gas are way down:
>By contrast, AEMO noted coal-fired generation fell to a new average quarterly low of 11,544 megawatts — down 4.6 per cent on a year earlier.
>Gas-fired power, too, sank to its lowest level for the three months since 2000, falling 27 per cent compared with the same time in 2024.
The article is mainly about the National Electricity Market but the article points out that the WA grid also passed 50% renewables in the same quarter.
sfcafc14 on
Matt Canavan in shambles.
MrNewVegas2077 on
Onwards and upwards
hcornea on
How do they account for / measure the vast amount of rooftop solar electricity that is never exported, but rather consumed onsite?
We have 11kW of generating capacity. A significant amount is not exported.
sambodia85 on
“Are you saying that you can do stuff by trying? But all the lobbyists I talk to said this is impossible.” -LNP probably
djangovsjango on
But what if its night ? What if theres no wind , what if theres no geo thermal energy !!! How will tradies use their coal powered utes !! Won’ t anyone think of gina !!!
Hyper-Ham on
Does anyone know how they estimate total demand if rooftop solar supplies it’s household without the grid? Or is the demand only on the grid, but the actual combined power usage is much higher due to them not measuring local solar?
KiwasiGames on
Colour me impressed. Maybe humanity is not doomed after all.
astrobarn on
Facebook nuclear simps will be beside themselves trying to point out all sorts fallacies around baseload, unpredictability of sun and wind etc.
I don’t pay for electricity (have solar and big battery) but it’s been interesting to watch the grid shift. I expect a death knell in the form of drastically increased supply charge from wholesalers and gradually increasing cost per kWh as their paying customer-base dwindles.
Nippys4 on
Yeah but didn’t you all hear that the “windmills” need to be replaced every 25 years or something
Relief-Glass on
CaNT PRoViDe BaSeLoaD
onlainari on
Excellent, looks like climate change has been solved. No more heat waves or cyclones for us.
T_J_Rain on
The COAL-ition is all out to sea – both as a party, as well as on renewables.
Nothing quite like data to sink their pro-coal arguments.
it-is-my-cake-day on
Yet electricity bills rise contribute majorly for the CPI? I don’t get it.
![Australia hits power demand record as renewables pass 50pc milestone [ABC News]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/N90eEigVL94TXt0OyUB7jGqcLxO7o-72XlQFOyrHFR8.jpeg "Australia hits power demand record as renewables pass 50pc milestone [ABC News]")
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Renewables and storage supplied more than 50% of all demand for the last quarter of 2025, even though the all time record for demand was also set that quarter:
>[AEMO] said the increase “comprised a 29 per cent rise in wind output and a 15 per cent increase in grid-scale solar”.
>Battery discharge on average “nearly tripled”, AEMO said, as huge amounts of new storage were added to the system.
Both coal and gas are way down:
>By contrast, AEMO noted coal-fired generation fell to a new average quarterly low of 11,544 megawatts — down 4.6 per cent on a year earlier.
>Gas-fired power, too, sank to its lowest level for the three months since 2000, falling 27 per cent compared with the same time in 2024.
The article is mainly about the National Electricity Market but the article points out that the WA grid also passed 50% renewables in the same quarter.
Matt Canavan in shambles.
Onwards and upwards
How do they account for / measure the vast amount of rooftop solar electricity that is never exported, but rather consumed onsite?
We have 11kW of generating capacity. A significant amount is not exported.
“Are you saying that you can do stuff by trying? But all the lobbyists I talk to said this is impossible.” -LNP probably
But what if its night ? What if theres no wind , what if theres no geo thermal energy !!! How will tradies use their coal powered utes !! Won’ t anyone think of gina !!!
Does anyone know how they estimate total demand if rooftop solar supplies it’s household without the grid? Or is the demand only on the grid, but the actual combined power usage is much higher due to them not measuring local solar?
Colour me impressed. Maybe humanity is not doomed after all.
Facebook nuclear simps will be beside themselves trying to point out all sorts fallacies around baseload, unpredictability of sun and wind etc.
I don’t pay for electricity (have solar and big battery) but it’s been interesting to watch the grid shift. I expect a death knell in the form of drastically increased supply charge from wholesalers and gradually increasing cost per kWh as their paying customer-base dwindles.
Yeah but didn’t you all hear that the “windmills” need to be replaced every 25 years or something
CaNT PRoViDe BaSeLoaD
Excellent, looks like climate change has been solved. No more heat waves or cyclones for us.
The COAL-ition is all out to sea – both as a party, as well as on renewables.
Nothing quite like data to sink their pro-coal arguments.
Yet electricity bills rise contribute majorly for the CPI? I don’t get it.