Four years after Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico, federal money to rebuild its electricity system is finally about to flow. But it may not deliver what islanders want.
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A shift to heating our homes by heat pumps would put massive pressure on the electricity grid.
While the outcome of the 2021 federal election offered little in the way of change, it may have left Canada better positioned to make progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Takeover bids for Australia’s last listed energy network companies suggest these monopolies are charging way more than necessary.
Building even more power poles and transmission lines won’t avert outages when major disasters strike.
Electric cars are still more resilient to price shocks than vehicles running on fossil fuels.
Corruption and fraud make a few rich households richer. But the already poor and low-skilled lose their jobs and become poorer.
Eskom’s CEO talks debt, power cuts and green energy.
Time-poor households, like single parent families, are caught between rising prices and unhelpful tariffs.
A decade ago, solar power was a tiny sliver of the US energy supply. Today it’s expanding rapidly – and the Biden administration wants to make it much, much bigger.
Hurricane Ida left the entire city of New Orleans in the dark and renewed discussion of burying power lines. But there’s no way to completely protect the grid, above ground or below.
Electric vehicles are poised to take over our roads: so how do we make sure this change doesn’t exacerbate social and energy inequality?
At the bottom of our carbon fears is a big black problem.
The practice of using electricity revenue surpluses to fund other municipal services is running out of road.
Pour parvenir à l'accès universel à l'énergie d'ici 2030, le Sénégal doit doubler son taux d'électrification, déclare l’ONU.
Without community involvement and ownership, renewable energy projects are doomed to fail over the long term.
There is significant potential for the community trusts to improve the financial position of communities. But it’s not happening.
Hybrid energy systems that combine renewable and non-renewable fuel systems could be the key to sub-Saharan Africa’s energy transition.
Three experts explain a few aspects of American infrastructure that desperately need investment.
Eight in ten of these surveyed by the Economic Society of Australia say it’s the role of government to smooth the transition.
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Director of Energy Studies, University of Florida
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and International Affairs, Penn State
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Professor, Discipline of Political Economy, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University
