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Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
NSW Government
Renewables
Solar
Matt Kean: Conservatives should embrace wind and solar, not fight it
Matt Kean delivers passionate rebuke of claims that his support for climate action and clean energy is inconsistent with conservative politics.
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Gas
Governments
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Australia’s gas plans could consume one quarter of world’s shrinking carbon budget
New report suggests developing Australia's gas reserves could produce three times the annual carbon emissions of the entire world.
Angus Taylor
Australian Federal Government
Coal
Gas
Governments
People
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Federal government energy roadmap based on guesswork and thought bubbles
Department officials concede that some of the assumptions underpinning the Morrison government's technology roadmap are departmental guesswork.
Coal
Markets
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Newest coal generators rank amongst Australia’s worst for reliability
"All hype and spin." New "low emissions high efficiency" coal fired generator in Queensland among the worst in Australia in terms of reliability.
Gas
Governments
Markets
NSW Government
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Santos accused of ‘misrepresenting’ costs of Narrabri gas in new modelling
Santos accused of misrepresenting the source of new economic modelling of Narrabri project as decision on planning approval looms.
Australian Federal Government
Climate
Governments
People
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Tony Abbott
Gillard on climate action: “It was done. And … we can do it again in the future”
Marking 10 years since agreement on carbon price, former PM Julia Gillard says its short lived success could be a source of optimism.
Australian Federal Government
Gas
Governments
Gas subsidies: Covid Commission asked to explain backflip on evidence to Senate committee
Chair of the National Covid-19 Commission faces calls to explain why a pro-gas working group report contradicts evidence provided to a parliamentary committee.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
Renewables
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Western Australian Government
Green manufacturing could deliver $50bn boost to GDP, 400,000 jobs
Investing in local battery production and the use of renewables to power industry could drive a renaissance in Australia's manufacturing sector.
AEMC
AEMO
AER
Australian Federal Government
CleanTech Bites
Climate
ESB
Governments
Institutions
Cannon-Brookes, Tesla lead call to accelerate energy market reforms
Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes and Tesla lead call for energy market reforms to be accelerated to facilitate transition to renewables.
Climate
Coal
Markets
Renewables
Coal’s share of Australia’s grid scale generation tumbles below 70% for first time
TAI report shows that as renewables flourish, total sent-out coal-fired power fell to below 66% of total generation and to less than 70% of grid-level generation, excluding rooftop solar.
