Alan Finkel Archives - Renew Economy

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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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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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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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

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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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Policy & Planning

Finkel’s fine line through Australia’s testy power politics
Reports delivered by three major Australian institutions on Friday highlighted that wind and solar provide cheapest avenue to decarbonise the grid. But none of the AEMC, CCA or CSIRO could bring themselves to say so. Finkel’s challenge will be to cut through this nonsense.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 5, 2017

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CleanTech Bites

Finkel says Europe, US well advanced on energy policy, technologies
Finkel says other countries “well advanced” on energy policy, technology reform, as many of 360 submissions plea for bipartisan approach.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 17, 2017

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