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Coal

Most of world’s coal power stations must close by 2030 to meet Paris target
Australia would need to close almost all its coal power generators by 2030 to meet the Paris Agreement, new research has shown.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 21, 2019

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Markets

Globe watch: $US3.7 trillion a year of fossil fuel revenue has to go away
The global balance of power is going to be completely changed by decarbonisation, and the burden of saving the world will fall disproportionately on Asia.
David Leitch

Apr 24, 2019

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CleanTech Bites

Turnbull: I gave it my best shot … but deniers won’t accept renewables are cheaper
Turnbull says renewables and storage clearly cheaper than coal, even if ideologues and idiots deny that fact, and can lower emissions as well as cut costs. So should we decarbonise more quickly? Ah, no.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 4, 2018

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Renewables

CEFC marks year of record investment, as industry embraces clean energy
Clean Energy Finance Corp reports record $2.3bn of investments in 2017-28, as industry and financial markets embrace decarbonisation. “The question now is not one of direction, but of pace.”
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 1, 2018

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Renewables

100% renewable energy is possible, practical, logical: setting the record straight
None of the 21 authors of a critique of a major 100 per cent renewable energy scenario for the US even bothered looking at the modelling.
Karl Burkart

Jul 24, 2017

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Renewables

The implications for supply and demand of electricity under decarbonisation
For Australia to meet its Paris targets, electricity needs to move to about 70%-80% renewable by 2035, on a pathway to 100% renewable by 2045. But a carbon price is needed for the broader economy.
David Leitch

Jun 28, 2016

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Making climate change policies fit their own domain
There is a widely held narrative for climate policy that runs something like this. The costs of damage due to greenhouse gas emissions are not reflected in economic decisions. This needs to be corrected by imposing a price on carbon, using the power of markets to incentivise efficient emissions reduction across diverse sources. Carbon pricing needs to […]
Adam Whitmore

Nov 27, 2014

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