A series of questions by Essential on energy policy has found the Turnbull government is so far failing to persuade people of either its performance or its arguments on energy security.
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Labor has been criticised for vacillating about about its 50% renewable energy ambition. But its proposed emissions intensity scheme could boost green energy without any hard target at all.
The government was this week caught off-guard by a decision from the Nick Xenophon Team to reject the omnibus bill.
South Africa’s President, Jacob Zuma, promised radical economic transformation in his 2017 state of the nation address. A lot of what he said in support of this promise is alternative facts.
The world needs an alternative system, measuring economic value in face of the dissatisfaction that brought Donald Trump to the White House.
Eighteen groups have issued a plea for political leaders to ‘stop partisan antics’ and work together to achieve energy reform.
South Australia’s government was angry about the blackouts enforced by electricity regulators. But with much of the state’s gas power offline, the regulators had little choice.
Managing voltage on the electricity network has always been an issue. But solar panels have the potential to make the situation better, not worse as some have feared.
Nobody in business wants to touch new “clean” coal plants, which means taxpayers would be left to foot the billion-dollar bills.
The Turnbull government is funding energy storage as a crucial missing piece of the electricity grid puzzle. Analysis suggests an affordable, fully renewable grid doesn’t require any heroic assumptions.
Fossil fuel advocates claim only coal and gas can deliver cheap and reliable energy, and renewables are synonymous with sustainability. But demand management can solve all three problems.
Global emissions from fossil fuels have stalled. That puts us in the right place to keep warming below 2°C, but there’s plenty of work still to be done.
The goals are clear: clean, cheap, reliable energy. But no-one can agree how we get there.
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?
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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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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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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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