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Coal generation up, emissions up 4.8% since carbon price scrapped
Demand on NEM stayed flat in September, with a slight rise in coal generation and electricity emissions. Wind, meanwhile, reached its highest ever generation level, both in absolute terms and as a share of total NEM generation.
Hugh Saddler

Oct 7, 2016

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Renewables

Blackout reality check: Coal and extra link may not have changed anything
Critics of renewables don’t understand that a coal-fired power station and even extra link through NSW may not have avoided the SA blackout.
Hugh Saddler

Oct 7, 2016

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CleanTech Bites

Emissions from energy use down slightly for the first time in two years
For the first time since the Coalition dumped the carbon price, energy combustion emissions fell in June 2016.
Hugh Saddler

Sep 6, 2016

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Renewables

Australian electricity emissions fall slightly as wind energy blows harder
Australia record small drop in electricity sector emissions as renewable generation rises, but is still well above levels when carbon price was in place.
Hugh Saddler

Aug 11, 2016

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Governments

South Australia’s electricity price woes are more due to gas than wind
South Australia’s wind farms have been blamed for price spikes, but without them the volatility would be even worse.
Hugh Saddler

Jul 26, 2016

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Markets

Demand growth softens, small drop in emissions as renewables rise
Australia’s emissions fell slightly in June, thanks to increased hydro, wind and solar power, but remain 5.7 per cent ahead of last year.
Hugh Saddler

Jul 12, 2016

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Other Good Stuff

Australia has re‐carbonised – not de-carbonised – its energy system
In the 21 months between June 2014 – when the carbon price ended – and March 2016, energy emissions have gone up sharply.
Hugh Saddler

Jun 8, 2016

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Electricity emissions up 5.7% under Coalition as coal jumps again
Demand, emissions and coal generation continue to rise, extending the dramatic change in Australia’s electricity profile since the Coalition killed the carbon price.
Hugh Saddler

May 11, 2016

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Are political leaders to blame for return of rising electricity demand?
Just when falling electricity demand was becoming an accepted fact in Australia, it is over. There is now enough data to say unequivocally that demand is on the way up again.
Hugh Saddler

Apr 29, 2016

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Tasmania needs to look at efficiency to resolve electricity crisis
The risks to Tasmania’s energy supply continue to mount. The state should upgrade the electrical energy efficiency of buildings and equipment used for winter heating by homes and businesses.
Hugh Saddler

Apr 6, 2016

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