policy Archives - Renew Economy

Commentary

The complex truth about gas and renewables
Energy policy in Australia has long suffered at the hands of a simple lie being easier to accept than a complex truth.
Kane Thornton

May 16, 2025

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Commentary

It’s time to build a party that will electrify the nation in more ways than one
It’s time to consider a party of independents, free from dogma, and committed to fairness, integrity and evidenced-base policy.
Oliver Yates

May 9, 2025

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Commentary

Developer Rating Scheme is welcome progress, but more needed to bridge information gap
Federal Labor’s Developer Rating Scheme is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t bridge the renewables information gap we’re seeing across rural and regional Australia.
Tony Goodfellow

Apr 4, 2025

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Renewables

The net zero fallacy: How Australia’s renewables projections got so absurd
Australia’s plan to get its economy to net zero by 2050 is a laudable goal. But it has been hijacked by people huffing hydrogen hopium.
Mike Barnard

May 12, 2023

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Fuel tax exemptions make no sense – for the climate or the economy
New report argues fuel tax credits should be removed for on-road users, and halved for off-road users, to drive emissions reductions and save billions.
Marion Terrill & Natasha Bradshaw

Feb 6, 2023

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Hydrogen

Germany launches first auction for green hydrogen imports
The German government has launched a €900 million auction scheme for green hydrogen imports.
Julian Wettengel

Dec 9, 2022

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Solar

Ultra-low cost solar “stretch goal” gets federal funding boost
ARENA opens up to $40m in funding to expressions of interest from projects that promise to materially reduce the levelised cost of solar.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 10, 2022

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Renewables

UK opens biggest ever renewable tender, seeking 12 gigawatts of new capacity
UK’s latest and biggest renewables auction round targets mostly offshore wind, but also has funds for solar PV and emerging energy technologies.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 15, 2021

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Renewables

UK invites mammoth offshore wind proposals in “biggest ever” renewables auction
Conservative UK government releases details of “biggest ever” all technologies renewable energy support package, including a massive £200m targeting offshore wind.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 14, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Germany fast-tracks zero emissions to 2045, lifts interim targets
Germany fast tracks climate targets in response to court ruling on intergenerational justice. But left wing parties insist trajectory is still too slow.
Charlotte Nijhuis

Jun 28, 2021

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Renewables

Cross-sector Energy Council to guide Queensland shift to renewables
Queensland joins NSW and Victorian in establishing a new, cross-sector body to collaborate and advise on state’s shift to 50% renewables by 2030.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 24, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Groundhog Day: Coalition’s hostility to renewables barely shifted since Howard era
Culture wars, lies about targets and baselines, support for fossil fuels and naked hostility to renewables: What has changed for the Coalition since 2004?
Marc Hudson

Sep 23, 2020

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