Australian renewable energy struggles to hit grid with one solar farm wasting half its yearly output

Exclusive: Resolving congestion on main electricity grid will top agenda of ministers’ meeting on Friday

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Renewable energy plants are struggling to supply all their output to customers, with one plant in New South Wales wasting half of its output over a full year.

Resolving congestion on the main electricity grid will top the agenda on Friday at the first meeting of federal, state and territory energy ministers in 2023.

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