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What’s really driving high power bills (hint, it’s not renewables) and how can we reduce them?

What’s really driving high power bills (hint, it’s not renewables) and how can we reduce them?

New research cuts through the noise to find what is really driving up electricity costs over the longer term, and how governments and consumers can turn the trend around.
Poles and wires: If networks want to own batteries and control EVs, a little public disclosure would help

Poles and wires: If networks want to own batteries and control EVs, a little public disclosure would help

The owners of our poles and wires are keen to own batteries and control EVs. If they agree to more disclosure, they might generate more trust.
Election Factcheck: Angus Taylor’s mysteriously cheap nukes

Election Factcheck: Angus Taylor’s mysteriously cheap nukes

The Coalition is stumbling into this election offering false information around the costs of their energy plan.
Australia should hitch its solar wagon to the China juggernaut

Australia should hitch its solar wagon to the China juggernaut

In the last year, prices for solar PV and battery storage have plunged between 20 and 47 per cent. Australia needs to seize the moment.
Why hydrogen exports are a mirage, but green industry isn’t

Why hydrogen exports are a mirage, but green industry isn’t

Australia’s hydrogen strategy has been a mix of ambition, overreach, and slow reality checks.
Footy faces cyclones and record heat – it’s just a taste of what’s to come from climate change

Footy faces cyclones and record heat – it’s just a taste of what’s to come from climate change

Climate change will disrupt our lives more and more until the world reaches net zero – not even Australian Rules football is safe.
Time for AEMO to get real and stop ringing the alarm bell on gas shortages

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.
Peter Dutton accused of copying Donald Trump as he promises to fast track Woodside gas project

Peter Dutton accused of copying Donald Trump as he promises to fast track Woodside gas project

Greens accuse Dutton of “Trump-like attack”, as Albanese says proposal to fast track Woodside gas is a “thought bubble.” Others wonder why ALP has not already canned it.
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