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The latest sign that Australia’s clean energy industry is maturing is that we don’t all agree on key policy issues
Australia’s clean energy industry has had a lot to say about the Australian Energy Market Commission’s recently published COGATI Proposed Access Model and Renewable Energy Zones Discussion Paper (14 October 2019) and Transmission Loss Factors Draft Determination (14...
Lyon Group Response to COGATI Proposed Access Model Discussion Paper
Mr John Pierce Chair Australian Energy Market Commission Dear Mr Pierce Lyon welcomes the opportunity to provide the following to the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) in response to its request for submissions in relation to its Coordination of generation...
Lyon Group announces Advisory Board
Lyon Group is pleased to announce the appointment of its inaugural Advisory Board. Paul Laxon, Adam Aspinall and James Leong bring a diverse range of international experience to their new roles and will provide guidance to Lyon’s Board of Directors. Lyon’s Advisory...
Lyon Group Market Update
The Directors of Lyon Group appointed administrators to Lyon Infrastructure Investments 1 Pty Ltd, Lyon Solar Pty Ltd and Lyon Battery Storage Pty Ltd in May 2019 in order to manage a disruptive minority shareholder and to allow Lyon Group to focus on its broader...
Australia’s Lyon Group and China Huadian sign agreement to bring stable renewable energy to Asia
Lyon Group today announced that it has signed an agreement with China’s second largest power generation company, China Huadian Corporation, to co-develop and invest in power generation with integrated battery energy storage systems (BESS) in China, Australia and other...
Lyon Group Market Update
Lyon’s decision to place one of its development companies (Lyon Infrastructure Investments 1 Pty Ltd and its subsidiaries) into voluntary administration has achieved its objective.On 25 September 2019, creditors of the entities resolved that the entities should...
Lyon Group response to Post 2025 Market Design Issues Paper
Dr Kerry Schott AOChairEnergy Security BoardDear Dr SchottLyon provides the following to the Energy Security Board (ESB) in response to its request for submissions in relation to the Post 2025 Market Design for the Australian National Electricity Market (NEM).In...
The new ‘Inconvenient Truth’
We need a revolution in approach to overcome the reality that traditional wind and solar provide intermittent, unstable and uncontrolled electricity. David Green, Founding Partner, Lyon Group As that famous Beatles song goes: You say you want a revolution Well, you...
Solar peakers will be the new champions of peaking generation under five minute settlement
When five minute settlement commences in less than two years’ time, the array of punchy offerings brought to the contest by Lyon’s solar peakers will quickly knock down gas peakers, the relatively sluggish, ‘one trick pony’ currently dominating peaking generation....
How truly integrated solar battery power stations differ from standalone solar and co-located solar and battery storage
By fully integrating solar PV and a long duration Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) behind a single power plant controller, Lyon’s solar battery power stations become dispatchable solar peakers. The operational flexibility of Lyon’s projects allows them to tap into...