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Policy & Planning

Gas industry cooks up a “culture war” as the electrification of everything gathers pace
Claims electric cooktops are vastly more expensive and more emissions intensive than cooking with gas are being called out as “potentially misleading,” as the fossil fight against home electrification ramps up.
Royce Kurmelovs

Jan 17, 2025

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Renewables

It’s the S-Curve, stupid: New model predicts half of world’s energy will come from solar by 2035
New modelling corrects “three huge mistakes” underpinning traditional solar PV projections and smashes the myth that global energy decarbonisation will cripple the economy.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 15, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Peter Dutton’s “always on” nuclear power is about as reliable as wind and solar – during a renewables drought
New analysis finds modern nuclear power plants are, on balance, about as “always on” as wind and solar farms – if those wind and solar farms were in the midst of a very bad renewable energy drought.
Royce Kurmelovs

Jan 14, 2025

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Renewables

Solar duck sends rooftop feed-in tariff close to zero. Is this the new normal?
Regulator proposes sending state’s flat-rate feed-in tariff for rooftop solar to a new low barely above zero, says consumers must now focus on using their PV to avoid paying retail power prices.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 13, 2025

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Policy & Planning

How big utilities manipulate the energy market, even with a high share of wind and solar
Regulator says big energy players are manipulating prices to their benefit. It’s not illegal, but it’s putting a sour note on the energy transition and may require changes to market design.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 20, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Dutton’s nuclear plan a “con job” and a recipe for blackouts, says Bowen
Chris Bowen describes Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan as a political “con job”, and says while Labor’s policies are starting to deliver there is more to do.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 19, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Solar switch off: Dutton’s nuclear plan amounts to declaration of war against household energy systems
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is being painted as a declaration of war against household energy systems, with rooftop solar having to be switched off on a near daily basis.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2024

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Policy & Planning

Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan: Mad, bad, and extremely dangerous
It might seem weirdly appropriate that Peter Dutton should release his nuclear power policy costings on Friday the 13th. But that would be to downplay the sheer lunacy, rank dishonesty, and clear danger of his energy plans.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 13, 2024

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Renewables

Bowen declares new offshore wind zone capable of hosting 20 GW, despite being shrunk and pushed out to sea
A week after Peter Dutton pledges to scrap offshore wind zones and “rip up contracts,” federal Labor declares new development zone capable of hosting 20 GW of capacity.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 12, 2024

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Policy & Planning

NSW gets lion’s share as 19 solar, wind and hybrid projects win Australia’s biggest renewable tender
Neoen, Edify, Lightsource bp, newcomer Elgin Energy and Andrew Forrest share most of the spoils of the largest wind and solar tender ever held in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2024

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Storage

Plunging cost of big batteries: Latest gigawatt scale project may set new price benchmark
The big mover in the CSIRO’s GenCost report was the plunging cost of battery storage. One major battery project may already be doing much better.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 10, 2024

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Policy & Planning

CSIRO patiently and methodically slaps down Peter Dutton’s nuclear nonsense
CSIRO slaps down major nuclear talking points promoted by Coalition leader Peter Dutton in its latest GenCost report, which confirms – yet again – that integrated wind and solar are easily the cheapest option.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 9, 2024

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