Michael Mazengarb, Author at Renew Economy

Michael Mazengarb

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Michael Mazengarb is a climate and energy policy analyst with more than 15 years of professional experience, including as a contributor to Renew Economy. He writes at Tempests and Terawatts.

Policy & Planning

Solar and battery ads blocked by Twitter and Facebook move against “political content”
Efforts to stamp out ‘fake news’ on social media inadvertently see ads for rooftop solar and clean energy events rejected for being too ‘political’.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 25, 2020

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Angus Taylor’s power grab for clean energy funding
Under the guise of the ‘Technology Investment Roadmap’, the Morrison government is making an unprecedented power grab over clean energy funding.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 24, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s mining giants still tied to lobby groups blocking climate action
In the wake of Covid-19, the fossil fuel lobby has ramped up its anti-climate campaigns, and their ties to Australia’s companies and the Morrison government are stronger than ever.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 23, 2020

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Storage

Genex says flagship pumped hydro project needs more time to lock in partners
Genex announces another delay to flagship Kidston pumped hydro storage project, as it works to lockdown project finance.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 23, 2020

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Independent MP launches $483m Local Power Plan to boost community energy
Federal independent Helen Haines has launched a Local Power Plan to support communities to own and share the benefits of wind and solar.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 23, 2020

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Anything but wind or solar: Taylor’s technology plan is “roadmap to nowhere”
The Coalition’s latest energy policy labelled a ‘roadmap to nowhere’, after sidelining wind and solar and failing to set a post-2030 emissions target.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 22, 2020

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Taylor favours fossil fuels and farmers as roadmap picks five technology winners
CCS, clean hydrogen, steel and aluminium amongst the winners to be prioritised under the Technology Roadmap launched by Angus Taylor.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 22, 2020

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Storage

Genex secures network deal for Queensland big battery
Genex secures site for 50MW/75MWh big battery in Queensland after securing a land access deal with network company Powerlink.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 22, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Australians suffer $2 billion health bill from summer bushfire smoke, researchers say
Researchers estimate smoke related health costs from summer bushfires at almost $2 billion, warning climate change will make the future worse.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 22, 2020

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$Origin resumes fracking in Beetaloo Basin as Coalition pushes gas-led recovery$

Origin resumes fracking in Beetaloo Basin as Coalition pushes gas-led recovery
Origin Energy restarts fracking in Beetaloo basin after Covid-19 triggered pause, a project that could cause Australia to blow through its carbon targets.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 21, 2020

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Taylor’s technology roadmap likely to be a boost for not-so-green hydrogen
Morrison’s imminent technology roadmap is set to call for ‘blue hydrogen’, produced using fossil fuels, to compete alongside zero emissions green hydrogen.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 21, 2020

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Prices remain high, volumes low in latest Emissions Reduction Fund auction
Latest Emissions Reduction Fund auction nets 7 million tonnes of emissions abatement, the best result in years, but questions remain around its role in meeting emissions targets.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 21, 2020

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