Government support for new power generation

The NEM is designed to let the market drive investment, but most of the power generation (MW) built since 2015 relied heavily on the public purse.

Sources: NEM review analysis drawing on AEMO Generation Information, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, and the work and expertise of a range of experts. Includes utility scale generation from coal, gas, solar, wind, hydro. Excludes batteries, pumped hydro, rooftop solar or other small-scale resources, and demand side participation.
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