AUSTRALIA’S largest coal power station is staying open longer than planned.
That fact alone has triggered familiar reactions — political blame, ideological noise, and the assumption that something has gone wrong with the energy transition.
But that’s not quite what’s happening.
Wind and solar continue to grow with rooftop solar now sits on nearly half of Australian homes. The transition become more complicated; it hasn’t stalled.
What Eraring really exposes is a timing problem. Storage, transmission and firming capacity are arriving more slowly than generation. At the same time, new demand — particularly from data centres — is turning up faster than expected.
When systems get tight, they fall back on what’s already there.
In the latest edition of The Long View, we step back from the headlines to look at what this moment actually tells us, not just about Australia, but about where the Asia-Pacific energy transition is heading next.
This is analysis for readers who want to understand the sequence and not just mere slogans.
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