David Leitch
David Leitch is a regular contributor to Renew Economy. He is principal at ITK, specialising in analysis of electricity, gas and decarbonisation drawn from 33 years experience in stockbroking research & analysis for UBS, JPMorgan and predecessor firms.
David Leitch is a regular contributor to Renew Economy. He is principal at ITK, specialising in analysis of electricity, gas and decarbonisation drawn from 33 years experience in stockbroking research & analysis for UBS, JPMorgan and predecessor firms.
The amount of heat energy going into the world’s oceans each year is about 12 times the energy consumed from fossil fuels.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Markets
RECs could lower price of electricity, and cut emissions in industry
Allowing renewable energy certificates to be used in the safeguard mechanism could lower electricity costs, and provide cheap abatement for industry. Easy!
Coal costs are rising; rooftop solar is now 9% of South Australia generation, and the latest odds on the federal election.
Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Markets
We crunch the numbers, and find costs of Labor’s emissions target are not that big
The costs of Labor's emissions reduction targets are not big, and the cost of its renewables target will be about zero. The Coalition still doesn't get it.
China's coal generation costs are similar to Australia - and they are not cheap.
The global balance of power is going to be completely changed by decarbonisation, and the burden of saving the world will fall disproportionately on Asia.
Australian Federal Government Battery Governments Markets Storage
Battery storage metrics highlight Australia’s lack of de-carbonisation policy
US study shows battery storage can compete with gas. But in Australia there is no federal policy to help that happen.
There’s about $3.5 trillion of revenue each year from the “mine mouth” value of global coal, gas and oil sales. All of that has to go away, and about...
Electric Vehicles Governments Markets
Bottom line is that electric vehicles in Australia still face barriers
Australia can do much better on EVs – mass popularity is likely to take years. And that's a shame, because in economic terms, EVs beat ICE cars hands down.
Do unions in Queensland hate renewable energy as much as the hard right? Meanwhile, Queensland's Labor government shown up by S.A. Liberals.
