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Renewables
Zibelman, Finkel join expert panel to advise Victoria on controversial public utility
Team of high profile energy experts selected to guide reboot of Victoria’s State Electricity Commission as a publicly owned renewable energy utility.
Sophie Vorrath
Feb 7, 2023
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Governments
Renewables, gas or coal: Views sought on hydrogen ‘certification of origin’ scheme
The federal government is seeking views on the creation of a ‘guarantee of origin’ for hydrogen to track emissions and identify its source – wind, solar, gas or coal.
Michael Mazengarb
May 27, 2020
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Battery
Finkel vs Turnbull, gas vs big batteries: Are we really decades away from transition?
Chief scientist says Australia will remain dependent on gas power for up to 30 more years because batteries not yet capable of supporting a majority solar and wind grid.
Sophie Vorrath
May 26, 2020
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Governments
Taylor shifts focus to coal hydrogen and CCS in “technology roadmap”
Angus Taylor seeks to replicate expensive brown-coal to hydrogen project as Morrison government shuts the door on support for wind and solar.
Michael Mazengarb
Feb 28, 2020
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Governments
Finkel says there is no political will for hydrogen targets in Australia
Finkel says there was no political consensus for hydrogen targets, and cast doubts about long-term cost effectiveness of hydrogen using carbon capture.
Michael Mazengarb
Dec 3, 2019
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Coal
Will hydrogen from coal and gas be necessary to meet future energy demands?
Chief Scientist Dr Alan Finkel says that the production of hydrogen from coal and gas may be neccessary to meet global transport energy needs.
Michael Mazengarb
Jul 30, 2019
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Storage
Finkel’s frustration: Everyone else has a strategy, but not Australia
Finkel vents his frustrations in final energy speech of the year, dumping on six biggest myths about electricity market, and delivering brick-bats to both policy makers and regulators.
Giles Parkinson
Nov 30, 2017
77
Storage
Conservatives attack storage report as “eco-evangelism”, Finkel responds
Conservatives says new report on battery storage is just “eco-evangelism”. This is what chief scientist Alan Finkel said in response.
Staff Reporter
Nov 21, 2017
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Storage
What do consumers get out of the Finkel blueprint?
The short answer is, not a lot. Finkel promises savings of $92 a year by 2030, but most customer bills are going to jump $300 a year next month. Nothing much will change until utilities can match the cost of new technologies, rather than hiding behind regulatory barriers.
Giles Parkinson
Jun 12, 2017
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Policy & Planning
What is a LET, and how would it work?
With the release of his review, Dr Finkel is expected to advocate a “low emissions target” . But what is a LET, and why is it better than an EIS?
Frank Jotzo
Jun 8, 2017
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