Oil and gas have been on a roller coaster these past two years – here’s why.
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Biden ordered the release of 50 million barrels of crude oil to tamp down rising gas prices, the largest drawdown in the reserve’s history.
Turning down your heating by just 1°C can save around £55 a year.
The UK government sees a reliable and low-carbon solution to future energy crises in nuclear power.
The government’s failure to insulate housing stock has meant that households aren’t insulated from record energy prices.
Electric cars are still more resilient to price shocks than vehicles running on fossil fuels.
Dozens of energy suppliers could go bust in the coming months.
Energy prices, unemployment, inflation – it’s all looking a bit 1978. And that’s without COVID.
The government can no longer delay decisions on the future of gas in Britain’s energy system.
The average price of US goods and services surged in April, leading some to worry the economy is beginning to experience dangerously high levels of inflation. A scholar explains why that’s unlikely.
If Australia is the biggest gas exporter in the world, why are we shipping it back in? Because the gas market is dysfunctional - and it means consumers are suffering.
Haiti has been paralyzed by general strikes and crippling fuel shortages for much of September. Its government is barely functioning. Here’s the history behind the crisis.
A Grattan Institute report has found renewable energy investment could offer a path to lower rates, but they won’t drop below 2015 prices.
Oil prices have little to do with supply or demand or even economic forces. Instead, it’s all about politics.
Manufacturers always have to make trade-offs when they design new cars, balancing the need to protect public health and the environment with their urge to wow customers.
The government’s handshake deal with gas suppliers may have stopped the market plunging off a cliff, but it’s not doing much more.
We can make up 70% of Australia’s projected gas shortfall simply by improving energy efficiency and sensible use of gas alternatives.
The price of renewable energy will fall significantly relative to new-build coal in coming decades, making an all-renewable electricity system more desirable, both economically and environmentally.
Energy security requires both short and long planning. Recent gas and hydro announcements are a promising start towards some proper joined-up thinking.
The current domestic gas crisis will pass. But if the industry wants to surpass coal and fulfil its role as a ‘transition fuel’, it should lobby for a carbon price to help it on its way.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Energy Advisor, formerly, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Assistant Professor of Economics, Clark University
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Energy Policy, University of Strathclyde
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Lecturer, Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
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Professor of Sustainable Energy Business and Policy, University of Strathclyde
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Professor of Industrial Strategy, Co-Director Centre for Governance, Regulation and Industrial Strategy (CGR&IS), University of Bath
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University
