Tim Buckley, Author at Renew Economy

Tim Buckley

Contributor

Tim Buckley, Director, Climate Energy Finance (CEF) has 30 years of financial market experience covering the Australian, Asian and global equity markets from both a buy and sell side perspective.

Coal

Japan’s thermal power to drop 40% by 2030
Japanese thermal power generation could decline to 40% below 2015 levels by 2030 as government turns to renewables and energy efficiency.
Tim Buckley

Mar 21, 2017

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Coal hit as China’s energy transition gathers pace
China is now well past its 2013 coal peak, while the utilization rate for coal-fired generators declined to 47.5% – an all time low.
Tim Buckley

Mar 1, 2017

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Solar

Record low bids for solar in India underscore its vast commercial viability
International coal markets are at risk as transformation continues, driven by yet more record low prices for solar power, this time in India.
Tim Buckley

Feb 10, 2017

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Coal

No new coal fired power plants for India
India’s new draft National Electricity Plan concludes India does not require any new coal-fired power stations and its energy minister says it must look beyond fossil fuels.
Tim Buckley

Dec 20, 2016

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Coal

Adani’s solar shift puts Carmichael in the shade
Away from the sound and fury around Adani’s proposed coal mine in the Galilee Basin, a tectonic shift is happening in the global energy industry.
Tim Buckley

Dec 5, 2016

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India’s electricity sector transformation builds momentum
India’s latest electricity sector report provides some clear insights into the progress on the electricity sector transformation.
Tim Buckley

Nov 29, 2016

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Renewables

Three timely takeaways on 2016 global energy transformation
New report says 2016 to be defined by an acceleration to renewable energy, faster-than-expected shifts regionally and nationally, and growing risk for investors who lag behind.
Tim Buckley

Nov 7, 2016

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Smart Energy

IEA report says fossil fuels killing three million people a year
Anyone parroting the mantra that ‘coal is the lowest cost source of electricity’ is clearly also putting a pretty low value on human life.
Tim Buckley

Jun 27, 2016

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Smart Energy

India cancels four major new coal plants in move to end imports
India announces plans to cancel four proposed coal-fired power plants with combined capacity of 16GW, meaning more bad news for Australian thermal coal exporters.
Tim Buckley

Jun 10, 2016

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Debt-ridden India energy group drops mention of Galilee Basin projects
GVK reveals more losses, ballooning debt – and makes no mention of Galilee Basin coal projects.
Tim Buckley

May 24, 2016

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Adani’s big boost to solar means no financial capacity for new coal mines
Indian conglomerate makes massive financial commitment to solar projects, leaving no financial capacity for new mega coal mines in Australia.
Tim Buckley

May 6, 2016

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Renewable-energy records in China suggest reshaping of global energy economy
In logging two new clean energy world records in 2015 – China is reshaping the global energy economy. And India is not far behind.
Tim Buckley

Apr 13, 2016

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