NEG must grow new renewable energy capacity, not shrink it
By Kane Thornton on 31 October 2017
It remains unclear how the NEG will ensure the investor confidence required to deliver a strong pipeline of new clean energy projects.
Tag: "CET"
Turnbull dumps clean energy target for “national energy guarantee”
By Giles Parkinson on 17 October 2017
Coalition dumps clean energy target in favour of a change to energy market rules that appears to confer enormous power into the hands of coal and gas utilities, and satisfies push by right wing to abandon Paris target and to close the door on renewables.
Wind and solar facing “valley of death” despite changing economics
By Adam Bandt on 5 September 2017
Australia faces energy crisis caused by failure of Labor and Coalition to face reality of both climate change and the technological transformation of the energy sector.
Graph of the Day: States lead on renewables, but who leads the states?
By Sophie Vorrath on 31 August 2017
Climate Council ranks state efforts on renewables and climate targets as they race to fill the federal government void.
Finkel’s Clean Energy Target plan ‘better than nothing’: economists poll
By Bruce Mountain on 25 August 2017
When the perfect is the enemy of the “roughly acceptable”: Economists back emissions policy that Alan Finkel has put on the table.
Jay Weatherill on hydrogen, load-shedding, community activism and his critics
By Marc Hudson on 16 August 2017
The SA Premier talks eggs, sausages, solar thermal, battery storage… and why the federal Clean Energy Target still matters.
Energy efficiency: The unsexy solution for a Clean Energy Target
By Richard McIndoe on 25 July 2017
The CET has become another political stick to beat the government with. To be more accurate, it’s a stick with which the Coalition beats itself.
Australia’s $10 billion wind and solar boom: But then what?
By Giles Parkinson on 18 July 2017
A $10 billion clean energy investment boom in 2017 could quickly fade without longer term policies. Labor tries to wedge Turnbull on climate policy, just as it did in 2009, while the Greens also say they would look at a Clean Energy Target.
Is Australia smart enough to be the lucky country?
By Kane Thornton on 18 July 2017
Australia is lucky enough to have some of the best energy resources in the entire world. But despite our natural advantages power prices have more than doubled in a decade.
NEG: A rushed job that takes us backwards, not forwards
National Energy Guarantee appears to be a plan to get through the Coalition Party Room, and then a plan to have a plan.
Unfortunately, that means many more months of uncertainty.