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Tasmania missing $2.8bn opportunity for big clean energy exports
Carbon pricing provided a glimpse of the opportunity of Tasmanian to became a major export of clean electricity in a carbon constrained world.
Mike Sandiford

Mar 16, 2015

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Greg Hunt – and the blinkered attitudes on carbon pricing
The carbon tax did achieve very substantial reductions in emissions across the sectors to which it applied.
Mike Sandiford

Jan 30, 2015

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Australian electricity emissions could jump 9% in 2014/15
Odds are firming that we will smash previous records with an unprecedented rise in our electricity sector emissions, by around 9% this financial year.
Mike Sandiford

Nov 4, 2014

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Repaying the emissions debt
Absent the carbon price, we need to mitigate the temptation to repay borrowings of future emissions with the dirtiest energy generation on the market.
Mike Sandiford

Sep 9, 2014

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Gas ain’t so green – even according to BP
Judging by the hype surrounding the US shale-gas revolution, you might guess natural gas was a sure-fire solution. It’s not.
Mike Sandiford

Sep 4, 2014

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How much will Tasmania pay for shorting the carbon price?
With the uncertainty in carbon pricing hydro operators have had every incentive to sell as much power as soon as possible.
Mike Sandiford

Jul 14, 2014

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Will the real Greg Hunt please stand up?
Greg Hunt claims carbon pricing should go because it is ineffective, but data shows carbon pricing has helped reduce emissions by 11% in 2 years.
Mike Sandiford

Jul 8, 2014

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Electricity industry in chaos. Has death spiral begun?
Electricity demand is collapsing and the industry is heading towards chaos. The death spiral may have already begun.
Mike Sandiford

Jun 30, 2014

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When will electricity utilities admit the game is up?
The change in outlook for the electricity sector has been dramatic and unexpected. Five years into the decline, is it too late to push back?
Mike Sandiford

Mar 18, 2014

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The curious case of Caroline, a CO2 borehole
Caroline flows pretty close to pure CO2 to service our need to fizz our drinks, among other things. And provides important lessons about CO2 storage.
Mike Sandiford

Mar 13, 2014

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So if the carbon tax is not working, then what is?
NEM-wide emissions have fallen 14% over the past two spring seasons since the carbon tax was implemented. Something must be working.
Mike Sandiford

Dec 13, 2013

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$A ‘frack’ in the bridge from coal to gas$

A ‘frack’ in the bridge from coal to gas
Outgoing Shell CEO Peter Voser says his huge bet on US shale was a big regret of his time as chief executive of the company.
Mike Sandiford

Oct 9, 2013

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