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Direct action: Every solar module adds to emissions freefall
Small-scale solar is rapidly approaching grid parity – a growing incentive for installing modules that will reduce demand for grid-based services.
Mike Sandiford

Oct 4, 2013

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Australian grid story – a battle between David and Goliath
Overspending on Australia’s electricity grid is imposing a huge impost on national productivity.
Mike Sandiford

Aug 12, 2013

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Electricity demand: The great de-electricifation of Australia’s grid
Electricity demand has fallen again dramatically this winter, and demand is now nearly 20% below 2007 forecasts. And the reduction is accelerating.
Mike Sandiford

Aug 4, 2013

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How clean are our energy policies?
The drop in NEM emissions over the past year has been staggering. How much is attributable to the carbon tax and other clean energy policies?
Mike Sandiford

Jul 10, 2013

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Summer on the NEM: What the extreme heat didn’t do to demand
Despite blistering heat and a supposed new air-con load, Australia’s electricity market wasn’t pushed very hard at all this past summer. So what’s going on?
Mike Sandiford

Mar 5, 2013

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A lot of hot air in the coal to gas transition
Uncertainty rules as Australia looks to exploit its formidable unconventional gas resource. But the outcome for the climate is not looking good.
Mike Sandiford

Nov 15, 2012

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Why Australia’s coal industry is beginning to squeal
What is really behind the coal industry’s latest swing at the renewable energy target? A big change in demand.
Mike Sandiford

Oct 2, 2012

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Who’s afraid of solar PV?
If Australia’s PV deployment continues at the recent frenetic pace, it threatens to take much of the cream out of the wholesale electricity market.
Mike Sandiford

Aug 22, 2012

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The poles and wires problem in the grid
In the face of falling demand, utilities should realign their business models around energy services. It should be the end of gold-plating.
Mike Sandiford

Aug 17, 2012

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Why carbon prices are jumping beyond the carbon tax
It’s early days, but electricity prices are certainly up. To what extent is this attributable to the carbon tax? And will the sky fall in?
Mike Sandiford

Jul 19, 2012

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One piddling light and the plunging cost of electricity
Just how much would it cost electricity generators if I reduced my electricity consumption by turning off just one light?
Mike Sandiford

Jul 13, 2012

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A generator’s nightmare: low prices, less demand
Our grid is less productive, and the ratio of average to peak demand is declining. Time to rethink market incentives.
Mike Sandiford

Feb 8, 2012

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