LRET accredited power stations — cer_lgc_power

Power stations accredited under the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target ('LRET') and eligible to create Large-scale Generation Certificates ('LGCs').

Usage

cer_lgc_power_stations(technology = NULL, state = NULL)

Source

Clean Energy Regulator, Historical large-scale renewable energy supply data: https://cer.gov.au/markets/reports-and-data/large-scale-renewable-energy-data/historical-large-scale-renewable-energy-supply-data. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Arguments

technology: Optional character vector of technology substrings (e.g. "solar", "wind", "hydro", "bioenergy").
state: Optional character vector of Australian state codes (e.g. c("VIC", "SA")).

Value

A cer_tbl with one row per accredited power station, including accreditation date, technology, capacity (MW), and state.

References

Commonwealth of Australia. Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000. Establishes the Renewable Energy Target (RET), the LGC (Large-scale Generation Certificate) and the shortfall charge mechanism.

Clean Energy Regulator (annual). LRET: Accreditation and eligibility guidelines for power stations.

Australian Energy Market Commission (2023). Integrated System Plan 2024 reference on renewable capacity expansion.

Examples

# \donttest{
op <- options(cer.cache_dir = tempdir())
s <- cer_lgc_power_stations(technology = "solar", state = "VIC")
head(s)
options(op)
# }