Tim Buckley, Author at Renew Economy

Tim Buckley

Contributor

Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets from both a buy and sell side perspective.

Commentary

Australia needs more stunning successes like its home battery rebate to beat its climate targets
Australia needs to embrace “China Speed, China Scale” thinking and deploy capital at speed and scale to seize the massive opportunities in the net zero economy.
Tim Buckley

Sep 18, 2025

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Commentary

Coalition’s nuclear gambit will cost Australia trillions – and permanently gut its industry
The Coalition’s own energy policy modelling shows the notional savings of going nuclear are dwarfed by the gutting of Australian industrial capacity.
Tim Buckley

Apr 24, 2025

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Commentary

Safeguard Mechanism far from perfect, but a good start after a decade of climate denial
While it’s far from perfect, the Safeguard Mechanism’s first compliance report suggests it’s helping solve Australia’s decarbonisation challenge.
Tim Buckley

Apr 15, 2025

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Commentary

Time for AEMO to get real and stop ringing the alarm bell on gas shortages
AEMO has again downgraded its gas forecasts as consumers choose electrification given the price gouging by the multinational gas cartel.
Tim Buckley

Mar 20, 2025

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Renewables

Staggering rise of clean energy in China a wake-up call to Australia – including on nuclear
China is undergoing a monumental power shift that is positioning it to end new coal power before 2030. This has massive implications for global and Australian decarbonisation.
Tim Buckley

Apr 30, 2024

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Commentary

Woodside serves “nothing burger” on climate and clean energy as shares show decade long decline
Woodside this week cited market uncertainty over the climate science as a reason to delay its green investments.
Tim Buckley

Mar 13, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Massive Victoria blackout underlines need to accelerate transition to firmed renewables
Victoria blackouts a copy book demonstration that reliance on massive, centralised end-of-life coal-fired power plants is a fool’s errand and a fundamental strategic weakness.
Tim Buckley

Feb 14, 2024

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Coal

Rapid US coal exit has lessons for Australia as it faces down fossil lobby once again
Maintaining the planned schedule for coal closures is crucial to the successful transition of the grid. Just look at the US.
Tim Buckley

Aug 28, 2023

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Coal

Australia’s biggest coal plant can close in 2025 and lights won’t go out. Here’s how
Fossil fuel lobby and mainstream media are agitating for an extension of Eraring on grounds it is needed to “keep the lights on.” This is a massive furphy and a bad idea.
Tim Buckley

Jul 18, 2023

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Commentary

“Truly momentous:” Solar is changing everything, and Australia must seize the occasion
Treasurer Jim Chalmers should introduce a solar module production tax credit so Australia can secure its position in global solar production supply chain.
Tim Buckley

Jun 14, 2023

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Markets

Latest hike could be power price peak – as long as we decouple from inflationary fossil fuels
Latest DMO reminds us the only solution to permanently lower power prices is to decouple from polluting, inflationary fossil fuels and accelerate the transition to firmed renewable energy.
Tim Buckley

May 26, 2023

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Renewables

Australia’s renewable superpower ambitions could be turbo-charged by Biden compact
US-Australia compact promises to massively boost our potential as a global renewables superpower and zero-emissions trade and investment leader.
Tim Buckley

May 22, 2023

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