Some critical lessons from Solar Flagships…
By Giles Parkinson on 12 June 2012
Technology costs are coming down rapidly, yet more delays in the rollout of large-scale solar, and the big utilities control everything.
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AGL’s Fraser: We haven’t changed our stripes
By Giles Parkinson on 24 May 2012
The head of AGL Energy defends purchase of Loy Yang A, dismissing talk he is stuck between a brown rock and a green place. He says he remains a strong advocate of renewables and a carbon price, and comments on his rivals’ attacks on the RET, solar, and the lure of brown coal.
The hot CleanTech projects of 2012
By Giles Parkinson on 25 January 2012
What are the most exciting cleantech projects in Australia this year? We look at solar energy, algae, electric vehicles, geothermal, wind and wave energy, and take a punt on their prospects.
Brown coal power underwrites AGL’s ‘clean’ profit boost
AGL Energy’s decision to buy the nation’s biggest power station emitter has paid handsome financial dividends, despite falls in demand hitting its retail operations. Its wind farm portfolio, however, has overtaken its hydro capacity, and CEO Michael Fraser is still trying to make sense of the political landscape, and its impact on carbon and clean energy.