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Productivity has been weak. Mining and construction are the main culprits, just look at diesel and LNG
I first realised there was a problem with coal productivity when looking at diesel consumption, which is up about 70% per saleable tonne.Coalition’s pursuit of Agent Orange climate policies will deliver an investment apocalypse soon enough
Dan Tehan’s attempt to win the climate wars carried a whiff of napalm – dropped on the Opposition itself, and of course the industry.
Why Australia’s energy transition needs quantum in the mix
A fundamental challenge of the energy transition risks being overlooked: managing complexity. But this is where two decades of investment in quantum could start to pay off.
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Productivity has been weak. Mining and construction are the main culprits, just look at diesel and LNG
I first realised there was a problem with coal productivity when looking at diesel consumption, which is up about 70% per saleable tonne.
Coalition’s pursuit of Agent Orange climate policies will deliver an investment apocalypse soon enough
Dan Tehan’s attempt to win the climate wars carried a whiff of napalm – dropped on the Opposition itself, and of course the industry.Why Australia’s energy transition needs quantum in the mix
A fundamental challenge of the energy transition risks being overlooked: managing complexity. But this is where two decades of investment in quantum could start to pay off.
Australia can gain more from eliminating diesel than enabling AI
The most important imperative for Australia is to get rid of diesel. It is a no brainer for the economy, for national security and the environment. But there is no policy.
Hold the front page! Cost of clean energy transition just shrank by $100 billion
The Murdoch media has come up with some Very Big Round Numbers in reports on the cost of the transition to renewables. So where do they come from? And why has one of them just been shaved by $100bn?
A turning point for grid-forming inverters in Australia’s grid transition plan
AEMO has changed its thinking about the ability of grid forming inverters to satisfy minimum system strength needs – a major step forward given the high cost of syncons.
Explainer: Who will set Australia’s rules for home energy devices such as solar, plug-in batteries and EVs?
A new Consumer Energy Resources Technical Code will define the standards and capabilities required of regulated products such as EVs, batteries and PV.
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