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Policy & Planning

Our energy market was never fit for purpose, because it was obsessed only with price
Our electricity market was never fit for purpose, and the barriers to fundamental change are challenging and deeply ingrained in energy culture.
Alan Pears

Jul 17, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Get ready for a virus-driven change in energy use
What happens beyond the immediate crisis will depend on how governments, business and households react. Here are some possibilities.
Alan Pears

Jul 13, 2020

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Governments

Revealed: How the big energy lobby tried to use Covid-19 to derail energy market reforms
Correspondence released under FOI reveals just how quickly the big energy lobby moved to use Covid-19 outbreak to push for delays to crucial reforms.
Michael Mazengarb

Jul 10, 2020

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Solar

Solar generation in Delhi “clearly” boosted by clear skies of Covid lockdown
India-based research finds “unusually high insolation levels” during Covid-19 lockdown in Delhi in March, increasing the amount of sunlight hitting solar panels by 8%.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 29, 2020

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Coronavirus

Liveris solution to global tribalism on climate: Export gas and let others burn it
National governments must play a more hands-on role in managing the economic response to climate change, according to Covid-19 response advisor Andrew Liveris.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 19, 2020

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Coronavirus

Enviro groups slam Morrison’s Covid Commission over false claims of consultation
A group of leading environmental groups slam NCCC head Nev Power for falsely claiming they had been consulted on Covid-19 economic response.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 18, 2020

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Solar

Viva Energy weighs solar farm and big battery for Victorian oil refinery
ASX-listed oil company investigating the addition of solar and battery storage at its Corio refinery in Victoria, as part of a post-Covid pivot into lower-carbon energies.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 17, 2020

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Coronavirus

Covid-19 makes massive dent in global coal generation, as wind and solar thrive
Falling electricity use across the OECD due to Covid-19 has seen coal power output slashed, while renewables continue to gain market share.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 16, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Fossil fuel “lockdown” urged to accelerate shift to renewables
“If we do not change the entire energy system, we are deluding ourselves,” says head of REN21, an independent policy advocacy group.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 16, 2020

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Markets

Why the Covid Commission’s “gas fired” recovery plan is doomed to failure
Tasked with stimulating the economy post-Covid-19, the Morrison government’s NCCC has come up with a gas-based agenda. Here’s why it’s bound for failure.
Bruce Robertson

Jun 9, 2020

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