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Liam Wagner

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Associate Professor in Renewable Energy Systems, Curtin University

Renewables could be a better answer to India’s power problems. DIVatUSAID/Flickr

March 6, 2016

Australian coal v renewables: how much will it cost to bring electricity to India’s poor?

Lynette Molyneaux, The University of Queensland; John Foster, The University of Queensland, and Liam Wagner, Griffith University

A new analysis suggests that, all things considered, renewables are actually better than coal at lifting India’s energy-poor out of poverty.

Woodside has been hoping to tap into cheaper gas reserves in Papua New Guinea. AAP Image/Kim Christian

September 16, 2015

Woodside’s failed Papua New Guinea power play shows the growing desperation in the gas sector

Liam Wagner, Griffith University

Oil and gas companies usually try to minimise sovereign risk. But in chasing a merger in politically volatile Papua New Guinea, Woodside shows this is now trumped by its desperation for cheap gas assets.

Falling renewable costs could make action on climate change cheaper. Simon Yeo/Flickr

September 2, 2015

Economic modelling may overplay the costs of Australia’s 2030 climate target

John Foster, The University of Queensland; Liam Wagner, Griffith University; Lynette Molyneaux, The University of Queensland, and Phillip Wild, The University of Queensland

Debate is continuing around Australia’s 2030 climate target and how much it will cost Australia’s economy.

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