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Solar Insights: Is solar hot water (and cooling) the next big thing?
Remember those tubes on the roof? Solar hot water is making a comeback, along with a new brother-in-arms, solar cooling. Plus, latest data shows another strong month for PV installations in Australia, and trying to predict the world’s three biggest PV markets. -
Is India the fossil fuel nirvana imagined by Rinehart and Co?
Australia’s coal barons are relying on unrelenting demand for fossil fuels from India. But it now seems clear that India’s largest power developers are getting sick of coal and are now more attracted to wind and solar. Is this a structural change? Hold that port plan! Even China’s appetite for coal is diminishing. -
Should green energy be sold to the lowest bidder?
Grattan Institute says reverse auctions could be a more effective way of deploying low emissions technologies. Many would agree, although they would argue that the scale of ambition should be larger, and such a scheme should be additional to the RET, rather than replace it. -
Five things we learned … about energy market death spirals
Energy death spirals come in varying forms: from investing way too much money in energy infrastructure just as demand declines, and in the form of a bakery chief caught holding a smoking bun. It’s been quite a week – entertaining and transformative. -
Abbott needs a bright spark to update energy policy
The Coalition’s energy policy presumes that Australia has too little energy capacity, rather than too much, and hasn’t caught up with the plunging cost of solar. Could it evolve to try and win the debate on delivering cheaper energy? Greg Hunt says he’s on to it.
