NSW seeks another 500MW of firming capacity as it looks to shore up the grid for a future without Eraring, the country’s biggest generator, and other coal plants.

Nuclear critics of the GenCost report have gone quiet, perhaps because the first real western contract for SMRs has proved the CSIRO’s cost estimates to be spot on.

A 20 pct fall in battery storage costs ensure integrated wind and solar still best option for Australia, as gas turbines prices leap and nuke deals prove it is way too expensive.