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Judge dismisses legal bid to prevent gas fracking in the Top End
Activists have lost their court bid to prevent gas exploration in the Northern Territory after claiming fracking would contaminate groundwater resources.Nuclear reactors taken offline in France, as extreme heat pushes river temperatures into danger zone
EDF has taken nearly 10% of its nuclear power capacity offline this week, to avoid overheating the rivers it uses to cool its reactors. Someone tell Pauline Hanson.
South Australia swings from three days of 100 pct renewables to worst drought in 7 years
South Australia just experienced its worst wind drought in seven years. The fleet of short-duration batteries went flat and gas filled the gap. What did we learn?
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South Australia swings from three days of 100 pct renewables to worst drought in 7 years
South Australia just experienced its worst wind drought in seven years. The fleet of short-duration batteries went flat and gas filled the gap. What did we learn?
Commentary
Why a faster transition to renewables is on the wish-list for central bankers
This century there have been six main occasions when inflation exceeded the Reserve Bank of Australia’s target, with oil price shocks a primary driver for each.The real risk in Australia’s energy transition isn’t going too fast – it’s going too slow
The transition is going to happen. Our choice is whether we design rules around consumers and new technology, or cling to a model built for coal and gas that will soon be irrelevant.
More storage is vital, but there’s a much cheaper and easier way to manage winter demand and wind droughts
The solution to managing high winter electricity demand and the occasional wind drought is obvious. Yet our supply-side dominated energy policy and culture seems blind to it.
Policy & Planning
“Not consulted:” Local councils in the dark on LNP plan to “scrap” huge renewable zone and “evaporate” benefits
Local government leaders say they were in the dark over state Coalition plans to revise massive renewable zone, and are concerned it will cancel out “huge economic upside”.
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