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Coal
Global new coal plant pipeline keeps shrinking
Number of coal plants in permitting and planning process fell another 22% in 2017 – a 59% fall over the last two years.
Bob Burton
Mar 22, 2018
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Coal
Three reasons why coal power won’t make a comeback in Australia
Despite what the Turnbull government says, coal has no place in Australia’s future energy mix – for three basic reasons.
Sophie Vorrath
Mar 16, 2018
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Coal
Graph of the Day: And the states with the lowest emissions are …
South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory contribute a combined total of just 6.3% to the nation’s total scope 1 emissions. Can you guess the common denominator?
Sophie Vorrath
Mar 7, 2018
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Policy & Planning
Germany to set end date for coal power in 2019
A commission will decide the timeline for phasing out coal, under a coalition deal agreed between social democrats and Angela Merkel’s conservatives
Kerstine Appunn Benjamin Wehrmann and Julian Wettengel
Feb 8, 2018
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Coughing up for coal-fired power
If Australian tax payers are made to cough up for a new coal plant in north Queensland, locals will also be coughing up – literally.
Dr James Whelan
Nov 21, 2017
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Coal
Another coal unit falls over, leaving Victoria power supply at risk
Failure of another coal power unit in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley has prompted the market operator to warn of supply shortages – and it’s not even summer yet.
Sophie Vorrath
Nov 20, 2017
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Renewables
Renewables option $1.3 billion cheaper than keeping Liddell open
Report finds combination of wind power, smart controls and energy efficiency would cost $2.2bn over five years, compared to $3.6bn to keep coal plant open.
Sophie Vorrath
Nov 20, 2017
5
Storage
The spectacular success of Germany’s Energiewende- and what needs to be done next
Formation of new government in Berlin will have important implications for future of the Energiewende, but much has been achieved already.
John Mathews
Oct 16, 2017
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Australia’s coal problem is also its mercury problem
Analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal plants has revealed our per capita mercury emissions are roughly double the global average.
Robyn Schofield
Aug 17, 2017
11
Coal
Cheap coal power? Only in an imaginary world
Attempts to suggest coal power is cheaper than the plummeting cost of renewables look increasingly ridiculous and desperate.
Simon Nicholas
Aug 4, 2017
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