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Weighing the case for a new link to Mt Isa, and the push into renewable micro-grids for other remote consumers in north Queensland.

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AC versus DC: Why Australia should re-think its network plans

John Noonan5 October 20205 October 2020

Why build new interconnectors, or upgrade existing interconnectors?

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Another wild ride for LGC and STC markets as Covid takes the wheel

Marco Stella2 October 20202 October 2020

Despite Covid, the LGC market has seen the same issues play out as those that occurred in 2019, while rooftop solar boom has removed fears of a shortfall in...

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Technology roadmap not a credible policy to tackle climate, investors say

Michael Mazengarb2 October 20202 October 2020

Investors say the Morrison government's Technology Roadmap is not a replacement 'for a coherent national climate policy', or a lack of 2050 target.

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Enough new wind and solar locked in to kill three coal generators by 2025

David Leitch1 October 2020

Committed wind and solar projects will take renewables share to about 42% by 2025, and add enough new capacity to force closure of up to three coal generators.

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The case for scale: Why bigger solar projects deliver lower costs

Giles Parkinson23 June 2020

The bigger the project, the better economies of scale, new data shows, while Australia's pipeline of mega-scale projects makes it a world leader.

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Do we really need 100 new technologies to drive emissions reductions?

Dr Gordon Weiss6 May 20205 May 2020

Pending technology maturity, cost-effectiveness and potential impact, we could already have the silver bullets we need.

Climate Insight

Five reasons why Michael Moore’s Planet of the Humans is a bad mistake

Mark Diesendorf4 May 20204 May 2020

Michael Moore is one of my heroes, but this time he has made a bad mistake. His new film on renewable energy is out-of-date, superficial, simplistic and misleading.