James Fernyhough, Author at Renew Economy

James Fernyhough

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James Fernyhough is a reporter at RenewEconomy. He has worked at The Australian Financial Review and the Financial Times, and is interested in all things related to climate change and the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Solar

Clean Energy Council cancels annual summit due to Sydney Covid lockdown
Covid outbreak forces Clean Energy Council to cancel Clean Energy Summit, which had been due to take place in Sydney in mid July.
James Fernyhough

Jun 30, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Taylor wants CCS in Emissions Reduction Fund to help fossil fuel hydrogen
Taylor seeks new avenue to fund controversial technology a week after Senate blocked his attempt to expand ARENA’s remit to include CCS.
James Fernyhough

Jun 29, 2021

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AEMO promises to refine solar switch-off, but says measure is needed
AEMO considers more sophisticated, transparent solutions to maintaining minimum demand than simply shutting off rooftop solar
James Fernyhough

Jun 29, 2021

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Coal

Yallourn powers up again as EnergyAustralia gains permission to divert river
EPA grants EnergyAustralia emergency approvals to divert river in bid to prevent Yallourn coal mine from flooding.
James Fernyhough

Jun 29, 2021

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Coal

Russia encroaches on Australia’s shrinking Asian thermal coal markets
Government warns Russia is building more coal export infrastructure, increasing supply to Asia as demand threatens to take a sharp downwards dive.
James Fernyhough

Jun 28, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Frydenberg talks up gas and CCS, skates over climate in Intergenerational Report
Coalition’s 198 page Intergenerational Report dedicates 119 words to climate mitigation, and says almost nothing about the risks of global warming.
James Fernyhough

Jun 28, 2021

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Coal

Adani strikes Carmichael coal, but does the world even want it?
Adani’s Carmichael project struck coal this week, 10 years behind schedule. It must now try to flog one of the dirtiest of fossil fuels to a world that has moved on.
James Fernyhough

Jun 25, 2021

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Coal

Building new solar now cheaper than keeping existing coal plants open: BNEF
Plunging costs of solar could prompt coal plants in India, China and much of Europe to be shutdown early, delivering another blow to Australia’s huge thermal coal export industry.
James Fernyhough

Jun 24, 2021

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Policy & Planning

US Republicans form new Conservative Climate Caucus – and talk up gas
New GOP group claims Republicans care deeply about the Earth, but insists fossil fuels can be a major part of the global solution to climate change. Sound familiar?
James Fernyhough

Jun 24, 2021

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Coal

Yallourn stuck on quarter capacity as scramble continues to save coal mine
EnergyAustralia says it hopes to seal cracks in coal mine embankment this week, but the really big decision – where to divert the river – has not been taken.
James Fernyhough

Jun 22, 2021

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Coal

EnergyAustralia has three options to avert Yallourn mine collapse
Company hopes to repair cracks in the embankment next to the Yallourn mine by the middle of next week, but didn’t reveal plans for river diversion.
James Fernyhough

Jun 18, 2021

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Policy & Planning

“Worst damage in memory:” Power out for weeks in Victorian towns
AusNet says customers in the Dandenong Ranges may be without power for more than three weeks following storms on June 9.
James Fernyhough

Jun 17, 2021

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