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Dealer lecturing addicts? Australia backs coal power ban but continues to sell the stuff
Australia joins UN coalition that rules out new coal power and promises to encourage others to do the same. Meanwhile, we’re profiting off thermal coal sales around the world, without a clear exit plan in sight.
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Will solar succeed where nuclear failed and become “too cheap to meter”?
First uttered in 1954 in reference to the potential of nuclear, the phrase “too cheap to meter” became a bit of a joke. Now, with solar at 1.3 cents/kWh, could it have a new life?
Best option for ditched Queensland pumped hydro project less than half the cost claimed by premier
Despite the strange claims made by the new Queensland premier, the best option for the ditched Pioneer Burdekin project were half those cited.
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Dealer lecturing addicts? Australia backs coal power ban but continues to sell the stuff
Australia joins UN coalition that rules out new coal power and promises to encourage others to do the same. Meanwhile, we’re profiting off thermal coal sales around the world, without a clear exit plan in sight.
Will solar succeed where nuclear failed and become “too cheap to meter”?
First uttered in 1954 in reference to the potential of nuclear, the phrase “too cheap to meter” became a bit of a joke. Now, with solar at 1.3 cents/kWh, could it have a new life?Best option for ditched Queensland pumped hydro project less than half the cost claimed by premier
Despite the strange claims made by the new Queensland premier, the best option for the ditched Pioneer Burdekin project were half those cited.
Australian coal mine emissions accounting trick could be hiding more than 10 million tonnes a year
New study assesses the impact of an emissions reporting rule change that enables open cut mines to select how they would like to report their methane pollution.
We need to get the cost of wind energy down in Australia – Chinese turbines are the likely answer
Updated: Australia can access all the cheap wind turbines, solar panels, batteries and EVs we want from a willing seller. Let’s not waste the opportunity.
Cheaper, more reliable, more efficient: It’s time to consider a bottom-up clean energy transition
Decentralised energy means small is cheaper, more efficient, more reliable and far more resilient. But incumbent utilities don’t want to change their ways, and regulators appear unwilling to change the rules.
Batteries come of age, and are now doing the heavy lifting around the solar duck
Falling costs and rapidly increasing scale means that big batteries are doing the heavy lifting at crucial points for the grid, particularly around the solar duck curve.
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