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Chris Uhlmann’s windy “truthiness” adds to policy fog
By Simon Holmes à Court on 18 April 2018
Chris Uhlmann’s tweet is just the latest in a long series of biased reporting on South Australia’s energy transition.
Articles by Simon Holmes à Court
Frydenberg Factcheck: Is S.A really burning 80,000l of diesel an hour to keep lights on?
By Simon Holmes à Court on 22 January 2018
Josh Frydenberg claims South Australia is burning ‘80,000 litres of diesel an hour, just to keep the lights on’. With so many half-truths floating about in the so called ‘energy debate’, it’s worth unpacking this claim.
Vestas, CWP get serious about plan to export 3GW wind and solar to Asia
By Simon Holmes à Court on 30 November 2017
Sceptics might call it crazy to run a clean power ‘extension cord’ all the way to Indonesia, but the ELEXI plan to export Pilbara generated renewable energy to Asia has a serious team behind it.
Forget COAG – how durable is Coalition support for the NEG?
By Simon Holmes à Court on 24 November 2017
When the NEG was nebulous, its boosters were able to promise all things to all people. Now, with slightly more detail out, it will be a really hard sell.
Energy consumers about to find out what it means to be “Negged”
By Simon Holmes à Court on 18 October 2017
The Australian public has been ‘negged’ by unfounded fears of blackouts. Will we be ‘negged’ again by the proposed new energy policy?
South Australia leads again as saltwater pumped hydro storage takes shape
By Simon Holmes à Court on 29 September 2017
South Australia is ready to lead again, this time with saltwater pumped hydro storage. Here’s an inside look at what is planned.
Aurora: What you should know about Port Augusta’s solar power-tower
By Simon Holmes à Court on 21 August 2017
Much has been written about the $650m Aurora project, and I set out here to collect together what is known and fill in some of the gaps.
Australian coal power in free-fall, but they making off like bandits
By Simon Holmes à Court on 14 June 2017
With current market prices 2–4 times the costs of generation, our remaining coal fired power stations are making out like bandits.
Does best CCS power station in world provide model for Australia?
By Simon Holmes à Court on 31 May 2017
Josh Frydenberg over-egged the success of a CCS plant he visited in US, and now he’s done the same in Australia with new CEFC mandate.
How clean are Australia’s ‘clean coal’ power stations?
By Simon Holmes à Court on 24 May 2017
What’s that you say? Australia has ‘clean coal power stations’? Well, it depends how you define ‘clean coal’.
