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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.

Coal

Victoria declares “energy emergency” to prevent Yallourn mine from collapse
The declaration will allow EnergyAustralia to urgently divert the Morwell River away from the Yallourn coal mine, which is at high risk of flooding.
James Fernyhough

Jun 17, 2021

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Solar

FRV to add its first battery in Australia with hybrid solar-storage power plant
Solar developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures will build its first battery in Australia with a hybrid solar-storage power plant near Dalby in southern Queensland.
James Fernyhough

Jun 16, 2021

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Coal

“Empty words:” Record renewables fail to shift fossil fuels in global energy mix
Renewables achieved record share of global electricity production in 2020, but fossil fuels still supply 80% of world’s energy needs – the same as 10 years ago.
James Fernyhough

Jun 15, 2021

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Hydrogen

Australia has 38GW of green hydrogen in pipeline, but major cost falls needed
Australia has huge pipeline of green hydrogen projects, but subsidies will be needed to bring cost down to targeted $A2 per kilogram.
James Fernyhough

Jun 11, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

EV-to-grid could supply three times peak electricity demand: BNEF
EVs could supply three times Germany’s peak demand by 2040 if every one was fitted with vehicle-to-grid technology, says BloombergNEF.
James Fernyhough

Jun 9, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Woodside’s “net zero” Pluto plan will allow emissions to more than double
Acitivists say they are “dumbfounded” by the WA government’s decision to approve the plan, saying it also ignores scope 3 emissions.
James Fernyhough

Jun 8, 2021

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Policy & Planning

NSW looks to EVs to ease economic pain of vanishing coal markets
NSW coal mining industry could disappear entirely by as early as 2042, while EV take-up could hit 5 million registered vehicles by 2050s.
James Fernyhough

Jun 8, 2021

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Morrison’s Ampol refinery bail-out could go straight to shareholders
Ampol shareholders likely to get big payments following Morrison government’s massive fossil fuel subsidy for oil refiners.
James Fernyhough

Jun 4, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Heat pumps may cause dangerous water pollution, report warns
Heat pumps are regarded as a miracle of low-carbon heating technology, but a new report suggests the refrigerants they use carry environmental risks.
James Fernyhough

Jun 2, 2021

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Coal

Australia’s monster coal exports emit more C02 than entire German economy
Coal shipped out of Australia’s ports last year carried 897 million tonnes of embedded CO2 emissions, almost double Australia’s domestic emissions.
James Fernyhough

Jun 2, 2021

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Electric Vehicles

“Pay up or lose your rego”: Victoria’s EV road tax passed into law
Victoria’s upper house has passed Labor’s controversial EV road user charge into law. Here’s how it works, and what happens if you don’t pay.
James Fernyhough

May 28, 2021

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Hydrogen

Fortescue in talks to export green ammonia from Tasmania to Japan
Green energy arm of Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Metals signs MOU with Japanese engineering firm for green ammonia project in Tasmania.
James Fernyhough

May 21, 2021

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