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The government’s handshake deal with gas suppliers may have stopped the market plunging off a cliff, but it’s not doing much more.
Incentives are one way to get more people to buy electric cars.
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Despite the hype around electric vehicles, sales in most nations, including Canada, remain stagnant. Policy support in California and Norway have helped boost sales.
Energy policy models are only as good as the predictions they’re based on.
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Much of Australia’s energy debate is centred around ‘models’ of various policies. But how do they work? And what can they really tell us?
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The legacy of the dirtiest of fuels – coal – has the potential to deliver a low carbon energy future.
The largest opportunity to reduce gas demand exists in industry, through improved energy efficiency as a result of reusing waste heat and upgrading boilers.
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We can make up 70% of Australia’s projected gas shortfall simply by improving energy efficiency and sensible use of gas alternatives.
The board of Indian mining firm Adani has approved its A$16 billion Carmichael coal mine.
Here’s what it means for Queensland, Australia and the world if the mine goes ahead.
A new report claims that combing renewable energy sources like solar with battery storage could safely take Australia to 50% renewables by 2030.
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A recent report claims that Australia’s energy can reliably come from 50% renewable sources by 2030. But arguing over renewable levels distracts from a paucity of policy.
Copper and other minerals will be increasingly important to the growing renewable energy sector.
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In the decades ahead, our mineral supply will still need to double or triple to meet the demand for electric vehicles and other renewable energy technology.
South Africa’s new Energy Minister David Mahlobo, has launched a fresh push to bag the nuclear energy build programme.
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South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma seems to be making a final push to secure the nuclear power deal before his tenure comes to an end. But it won’t be easy.
Kenya needs to expand its energy transmission network which is plagued by flaws dating back decades.
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Kenya’s inadequate electricity supply is due to an over-reliance on hydropower, high energy and infrastructure costs.
Refugee women from Darfur, Sudan return to their camp in eastern Chad with wood for their households in 2011.
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With better access to energy, women in developing nations could spend more time working or in school. But Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s claim that fossil fuels improve women’s lives misses the mark.
Who will emerge as the leader on climate change following the U.S. withdrawal from the Paris agreement?
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Canada ratified the Paris agreement on climate change, but it hasn’t yet filled the leadership void left by the United States. Time is running out.
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Kerry Schott says the states and territories will have a degree of flexibility in how they legislate on emissions reduction targets.
Many homes in remote Indigenous communities rely on wood or diesel for heating.
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More than 200 remote communities in Canada rely on diesel fuel for energy. Cleaner options could fuel a better quality of life.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne unveiled her government’s plan to cut electricity bills in March 2017 amid a public uproar about skyrocketing fees driving ratepayers into energy poverty.
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Energy companies routinely cut off service to vulnerable people who experience energy poverty. Here’s how to fix the problem.
Infrastructure construction – including poles, wires and substations – has far outstripped peak demand.
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Where do sky-high energy costs come from? Energy companies who build unnecessary infrastructure, passing on the cost to consumers and making a profit.
Jim Carr, Canada’s minister of Natural Resources, delivers a statement on TransCanada’s decision to cancel the Energy East Pipeline project on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017.
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With TransCanada’s decision to cancel the Energy East pipeline project Canada’s energy policies are under attack.
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Time’s up for the internal combustion engine.
Energy minister Josh Frydenberg speaking at the Energy Summit in Sydney.
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Talk of the government preparing to ‘walk away’ from the Clean Energy Target proposal is unnecessarily cynical.
Demolishing the coal-fired R.E. Burger Power Station in Shadyside, Ohio, July 29, 2016.
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Energy Secretary Rick Perry has proposed to reward coal plants for stockpiling fuel onsite – allegedly making the power system more reliable. Two economists give this idea a failing grade.