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A new report predicts an incredibly rapid closure of coal-fired power stations. Continuing to deny this is simply not in the interest of coal workers and their communities.
The good projects have already been identified and interest rates are low. We could speed up the electricity transition by decades.
The likelihood of half of Victoria being plunged into blackout are low – but the question reveals growing tension between the energy market and its regulators.
Four wind farm operators must face the federal court over allegations they failed their basic responsibilities during the 2016 South Australian blackout.
Proposed rules for managing energy demand could potentially lower prices and reduce blackout risk, but there are reasons to be skeptical.
Transitioning to renewable energy will cost us something, but the benefits far outweigh the price.
Sections of the media have talked up the prospects of future power outages, even though the electricity market operator predicts that Australia’s stringent reliability standards will still be met.
Australia needs to accelerate its transition to clean energy, and not prolong the use of high-polluting, coal-fired infrastructure. Otherwise it risks missing out on an economic windfall.
Australia’s transition to low-emissions energy will rely on what we have now (lots of coal) and what we’ll build in the future (lots of renewables), according to a new report.
Government pressure on AGL to keep its Liddell power plant open past 2022 ignores the sensible, cost-effective plan to replace it.
At the end of 2017, Australia is starting to (slowly) address our energy problems. But it’s also clear the federal government has abdicated leadership and responsibility.
We have learned a lot in the year since South Australia’s lights went out, and have made some useful early reforms. But the energy sector and politicians need to chart a much steadier course in future.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has blamed gas exports for rising energy costs, breaking with a party room determined to find renewables guilty.
Two reports have highlighted the risk of severe gas shortages in the eastern Australian market, prompting calls for the federal government to restrict exports.
We don’t know whether electricity generators are bidding in “good faith” because they are providing data in a form that defies analysis.
The energy market operator has warned of possible future electricity shortages – but only if everything stays frozen as it is now.
The energy market operator has released a report on the state of Australia’s electricity system. It couldn’t be blunter if it tried: the market has failed.
The solar eclipse offered electricity network operators a “live drill” in how to cope with fluctuating output from renewable energy. They passed with flying colours.
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate professor, Finance Discipline Group, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Energy Researcher, Curtin University
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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PhD Candidate, University of Tasmania
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Andrew Hopkins is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University
