Rob Campbell, Author at RenewEconomy

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Power plays: time to think about buying back the grid
Electricity is just a symptom of the perils of populous governments. The only solution is to nationalise the lot.
Rob Campbell

Jun 21, 2017

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Storage

Battery storage: What am I buying, apples or oranges?
There’s plenty of sizzle but what exactly is the sausage?
Rob Campbell

Apr 28, 2017

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Frogs on the stove – the failure of privatised power
It beggars belief that any government could expect such a vast and heavily subsidised power system as Australia’s to improve or even survive in private hands. We now see the consequences of this misguided folly.
Rob Campbell

Feb 10, 2017

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Governments

Jumping electricity prices – It’s a gas, gas gas
Spot electricity prices have gone through the stratosphere this summer, particularly in Queensland where average prices have been more than double of renewable energy leader South Australia.
Rob Campbell

Jan 20, 2017

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Burn, baby, burn – even when the sun shines
Queensland, our Sunshine State, is using gas to produce around 2GW of electricity on sunny days. So why is this resource being squandered when renewables fit the bill and could help us reach our climate targets?
Rob Campbell

Feb 18, 2016

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Memo Energex: Battery storage plus 44c FIT is a bonus, not a rip-off
Energex proposes to punish solar households that add battery storage. The network should be encouraging them.
Rob Campbell

Jan 15, 2016

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Queensland businesses face new price gouge
Retailers have decided it’s their turn to extract more blood from the stone, pushing up business consumption charges by 20-40%.
Rob Campbell

Nov 27, 2015

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Churn and burn: The high price of a broken electricity market
Energy Australia’s move to send call centre jobs offshore is another example of Australia’s failed retail electricity market – and its cost to consumers.
Rob Campbell

Nov 6, 2015

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David Cameron channels Gerry Anderson, is this our future?
The rhetoric coming out of our motherland is that nuclear is the only power source for the future! But at what cost?
Rob Campbell

Oct 23, 2015

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Queensland’s stealth electricity tax just keeps on giving
Queensland has reported a $1.2bn dividend from state-owned electricity distributors Energex and Ergon. Is this tax by stealth?
Rob Campbell

Oct 5, 2015

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