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Australia could be getting half of its electricity from renewable energy by 2025, even without government subsidies for new wind and solar projects, according to a new analysis of energy industry trends.
A Grattan Institute report has found renewable energy investment could offer a path to lower rates, but they won’t drop below 2015 prices.
The European Investment Bank’s funding of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline will harm the climate and makes little financial sense.
Why is it so hard to reach consensus about how to slow climate change? Multiple time lags get in the way: some make it hard to convey the risk, while others prolong the search for solutions.
Estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics suggest that the number of direct full-time equivalent jobs in renewable energy activities has continued to fall from its 2011-12 peak.
Australia is near the back of the pack of rich nations when it comes to policies for clean energy. But there are things we can do about it.
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT 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, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Inaugural Director, ANU Grand Challenge, Zero-Carbon Energy for the Asia Pacific, Australian National University
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Professor & Director, Global Sustainability Institute, Anglia Ruskin University
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Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Research Fellow, ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science, Australian National University
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Professor, Geology and Geophysics, Natural and human-caused hazards, sea level rise and climate change, University of South Florida
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PhD student, Australian National University
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
