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Why the nuclear lobby makes stuff up about cost of wind and solar
Nuclear lobby has been making such extraordinary and outrageous claims about wind, solar and batteries it makes you wonder if anything they say about energy can be taken seriously.
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Snowy 2.0: Who will be held to account for this giant folly ?
The buck for Snowy 2.0 stops with its two Shareholding Ministers, Angus Taylor and Mathias Cormann. It is time for these ministers to take the bull by the horns.
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D’Ambrosio slams AEMC and Taylor for slow progress on energy reforms
Vic minister says AEMC has a "tin ear" to need for energy reforms, and slams Federal Government's control over COAG as "backward".
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Yates calls for a state green bank to unlock Queensland renewable potential
Former CEFC chief calls for a new, Queensland government-owned green bank to unlock the state’s north as “a major growth engine” for renewables.
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BHP cancels coal contracts, goes 100 per cent renewables at huge Chile copper mines
BHP cancels existing coal contracts and commits to going 100 per cent renewables at its huge Chile copper mines, to save money and emissions.
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Morrison’s flimsy climate plan laid bare in strained Senate hearings
Environment department concedes Australia stands alone on Kyoto carryover units, and cannot name 'technology improvements' supposed to deliver big emissions reductions.
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Snowy 2.0 needed today, says CEO in tense Senate estimates hearing
Snowy management defends Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro scheme, telling an estimates hearing the economics stack up and rejecting claims the project would affect the national park.
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Distributed solar to lead global renewables surge, as costs fall another third
Distributed solar to be largest source of capacity additions in next five years, utility-scale PV, onshore wind and hydropower.
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Most of world’s coal power stations must close by 2030 to meet Paris target
Australia would need to close almost all its coal power generators by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement, new research has shown.
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Australia’s dirty grid may kill its biggest customers, and the case for coal
A potential closure of Alcoa's Portland smelter would have huge ramifications for the Australian grid. It would remove the biggest customer of brown coal, and ironically accelerate the transition...
