Energy Networks Australia’s Gas Vision 2050 update study claims net-zero emissions can be reached with hydrogen at half the cost of electrification. But it’s a fragile claim.
Seasonal energy storage is a tricky issue for our renewable future
As battery and pumped hydro developers try to figure out the storage equation for Australia’s grid, there is still not enough focus on demand management.
Where does gas fit in our low carbon future? In an ever shrinking corner
We won’t completely shift from gas soon, but the amount of gas we need will decline. And the smarter, more innovative and more productive we are, the faster demand for gas will decline.
Victoria must do something about gas – but there are smarter options than digging for more
Victoria has a winter gas problem, but many smart solutions. Somehow, though, we end up bogged down in debates about gas exploration and LNG gas terminals. It’s bizarre.
Gas industry cooking the carbon books with its clean and green kitchen claims
The gas industry marketing people chose an unfortunate example to promote its wares – cooking food.
Digitalisation lessons from industrial compressed air
Compressed air systems, often called ‘the fourth utility’ after electricity, gas and water and used in drying, assembly, blow moulding and paint spraying, are often shockingly inefficient.
Our energy market was never fit for purpose, because it was obsessed only with price
Our electricity market was never fit for purpose, and the barriers to fundamental change are challenging and deeply ingrained in energy culture.
Get ready for a virus-driven change in energy use
What happens beyond the immediate crisis will depend on how governments, business and households react. Here are some possibilities.
How to win the fossil fuel word game
There is no longer time to take incremental action on climate change. What are the key actions policy makers must take in the next decade, and what’s needed to win the ‘fossil fuel word game’?
How energy and emission projections and scenarios distort climate debate
Scenarios and modelling is distorting the debate we need to have about energy and climate, and hiding what can be acheived.
