Tim Buckley, Author at Renew Economy

Tim Buckley

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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.

UK major parties vow to shut down coal, Australia should follow
UK government turns it back on coal, while Australia argues that developing countries like India need and must use coal fired generation. This is another warning to investors on the increasing financial risks of stranded assets.
Tim Buckley

Feb 14, 2015

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Queensland election result could be terminal for Galilee coal projects
The commercial viability of Adani’s Carmichael proposal is likely to be the first casualty of the dumping of the LNP state government.
Tim Buckley

Feb 1, 2015

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China’s declining coal dependence is evident in the data
The traditional nexus between real GDP growth in China, electricity expansion and coal demand is now broken.
Tim Buckley

Jan 7, 2015

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The imminent failure of Lanco Infratech’s investment in Griffin Coal
The acquisition of Griffin Coal by Lanco Infratech of India at the peak of the coal boom is at serious risk of becoming a stranded investment.
Tim Buckley

Dec 3, 2014

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India’s plan to stop importing coal deals another blow to Australia
India’s ambitious plan to cease thermal coal imports within 2-3 years blows another hole in Abbott government’s backward-thinking policies.
Tim Buckley

Nov 13, 2014

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The move to peak coal in China by 2016
China is rapidly transforming its electricity system, with a central outcome to diversify the system away from coal-fired power generation.
Tim Buckley

Sep 22, 2014

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Wind energy surges in China, as demand for coal fades
China is expected to exceed its target of 100GW wind capacity by 2015 by 30% by the end of 2015.
Tim Buckley

Aug 28, 2014

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Other Good Stuff

How “YieldCos” are changing paradigm of renewables investment
Alongside Green Bonds, the recent success of renewable energy YieldCos is attracting attention as a new way to aggressively access global capital markets.
Tim Buckley

Aug 4, 2014

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Rio Tinto quits Mozambique, puts thermal coal in ‘too hard’ basket
Rio Tinto is grabbing headlines after crystallising massive losses from its Mozambique coal disaster. But the real significance is the difference between what big miners say about coal, and what they do about it.
Tim Buckley

Jul 31, 2014

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Rio Tinto’s fossil fuel exposure is rapidly diminishing
Rio Tinto is no longer really a diversified mining and energy conglomerate. It is now more than ever a giant iron ore mining company.
Tim Buckley

Jul 28, 2014

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Aurizon’s multi-billion coal gamble makes no financial sense
Aurizon is set to gamble billions of dollars of its investor’s funds in what is one of the world’s largest potentially stranded fossil fuel assets.
Tim Buckley

Jul 25, 2014

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Carbon repeal leaves Australia isolated and vulnerable
Korea, China move toward emissions trading schemes, while other major trading partners make policy and investment decisions that directly contradict Australia’s approach.
Tim Buckley

Jul 22, 2014

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