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Do we really need a second Basslink cable?
It’s easy to argue that Tasmania needs a backup cable and that this could also provide benefits. But it’s not so simple.
Alan Pears

Jun 30, 2016

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Second Tasmania Basslink will need at least 1,000MW of new renewables
Report into proposed second link from Tasmania makes clear it won’t work without another 1,000MW of new wind farms on Apple Isle.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 23, 2016

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Cutting the cord to coal – and other lessons from Tasmania power crisis
Hydro dams restored, diesel gen-sets switched off; Tasmania must now focus on lessons learned, and the opportunity to rethink and future-proof its energy system.
Attilio Pigneri

May 19, 2016

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Canberra, Hobart agree on second Basslink study
CEFC to be involved in study for second Basslink – but will it be used to export more renewable energy, or import more coal-fired electricity?
Giles Parkinson

Apr 28, 2016

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Graph of the Day: Tasmania’s switch back to fossil fuels
Tasmania’s lurch back into fossil fuels deepens as the first of 200MW of diesel generators is switched on.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2016

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Tasmania bows to fossil fuel lobby as it turns to yet more gas/diesel
The fossil fuel lobby gets its wish. Tasmania’s energy minister says he has a plan, but his “longer-term supply options” focus entirely on gas and diesel, with no plans to encourage rooftop solar or more wind farms. Even energy efficiency is not on the table.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 9, 2016

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Tasmania considers boost to rooftop solar tariff, as cable out until end of May
Tasmania considering increase in feed-in tariff for rooftop solar as it faces another three months without its connection to the mainland.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2016

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Tasmania’s crazy lurch back into the (expensive) fossil fuel era
Due to a combination of bad luck and rotten planning, old school thinking and – guess what – climate change, Tasmania has found itself turning to diesel generator to solve an energy crisis. The state is now paying as much for its power as a remote mine-site in outback Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2016

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Another big industrial trims demand as Tasmania energy crisis deepens
Big industrial users slash demand by 110MW+ as Tasmania taps gas and diesel to address lost link to mainland, declining dam levels.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 1, 2016

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Tasmania urged to add more wind and solar amid energy crisis
Tasmania urged to encourage more wind and solar generation as it struggles with depleting hydro levels and lost connection to mainland grid.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 11, 2016

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