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Newcastle Herald readers have their say: Power prices will drop as renewables rise

By Letters to the Editor
July 19 2021 - 4:30am
POWER PLAY: One reader says that renewables will dominate the future energy markets for both economic and urgent environmental reasons.
POWER PLAY: One reader says that renewables will dominate the future energy markets for both economic and urgent environmental reasons.

PETER Devey, ("Costly gamble on renewables", Letters, 15/7), expresses doubt that renewable energy has reduced power prices, but when additional renewables generation coming on line recently coincided with reduced demand due to COVID-19 the renewable market penetration increased, dropping wholesale power prices by around 25 per cent.

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