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Smoke and mirrors: Taylor to meet states as global expert laments Australian “tragedy”
Energy ministers head to Perth for the first COAG energy council meeting in almost a year, with frustrations amongst State and Territory ministers high.
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This is no time for energy ministers to panic over reliability standards
An unlikely alliance of the federal minister and his Victoria counter-part pushes for Australia's reliability standard to be tightened further. It makes no sense.
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Origin mulls five different big battery projects, as hydro costs disappoint
Leading utility says it contemplating five big battery projects in four different states, after early feasibility study for pumped hydro returns higher-than-expected costs.
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Renewable investors fear new AEMC rules will prop up fossil fuels
Renewable energy sector calls on COAG meeting to reject AEMC's proposed rules, saying they will prop up fossil fuels.
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The chart that shows why the market for new coal generators is dead
Bloomberg's Michael Liebreich points to the killer graph that makes new investment in coal generators almost impossible.
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If Angus Taylor is so blinded by ideology, he should step down as energy minister
If the energy minister can't overcome his ideological opposition to wind and solar, or his aversion to new smart technologies, he really should get out of the way.
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Tesla big battery adds new capacity and services on march to 100pct renewables grid
Tesla big battery in South Australia to get 50% bigger, and to provide critical "inertia" that will hasten the transition to a grid free of fossil fuels.
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Coal seen as biggest threat to Victoria power supply
The biggest threat to Victoria’s future power supply comes not from more renewables, but unreliable brown coal power plants, and government efforts to prop up black coal units.
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Humanitarian diplomat Jamie Isbister named Australia’s new environment ambassador
Former humanitarian diplomat Jamie Isbister appointed as new Ambassador for the Environment and head climate negotiator.
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Canavan revives carbon capture in new effort to underpin coal generators
Resources minister Matt Canavan has revived proposals for carbon capture and storage projects to help justifiy government backing of new coal projects.
