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The Trump administration has the tools to slow the momentum Obama started on clean energy. Countering Trump are global market forces and state-level action.
In the absence of strong federal action on climate change, many states have developed their own climate and energy policies.
Electricity bills are set to rise further for households. But it’s just because power stations are closing.
The electricity network can be used proactively to meet Australia’s climate and renewable energy targets.
Although Donald Trump has called climate change a hoax invented by China, Chinese leaders believe cutting carbon emissions will generate economic and political payoffs at home and abroad.
The need to urgently reduce greenhouse gas emissions is a major challenge to cheap electricity.
Germany’s energy transition is often held up as an incredible success story. So what can Australia learn?
Batteries aren’t the only type of storage, and all types of storage have their role to play in the future grid.
Small-scale renewable energy projects have tremendous potential to power rural areas in the DRC. Rural areas in the country have very little access to electricity.
Whatever our electricity grid looks like in the future, it will need to be reliable.
Australia’s electricity and climate agendas aren’t on the same page.
The case for dismantling and recycling oil rigs is far from clear cut.
South Africa has a new energy plan. Renewable energy in the form of wind, gas and solar feature high on its agenda.
Individual light-harvesting protein complexes have a remarkable ability. Light, which is normally effectively harvested, is also used to finely control how much of it should be harvested.
America’s coal heartland is delighted with Donald Trump’s election win. But like King Canute, he can’t turn back the tide of the global market push away from coal and towards renewables.
The recently updated Integrated Resource Plan calls for significant investment in South Africa’s power supply. But can the country afford it?
All is not lost for the climate with the election of Donald Trump.
A closer look into the latest financial numbers of South Africa’s state power utility, Eskom, suggest that it may be in a more vulnerable position than appreciated.
Raging debates about the state of South Africa’s energy industry have missed one critical area, the role of transport fuels and base chemicals.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University
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Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
