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We need to remember that baseload coal power stations won’t help cope with peak demand – the issue that will determine whether people in elevators are trapped by a sudden blackout, per Barnaby Joyce.
If anyone thinks the government isn’t behaving in a extraordinary manner in its onslaught against AGL over the future of the Liddell power station, just consider what the Coalition would say if a Labor…
Politics podcast: Mark Butler on energy uncertainty
Opposition climate change and energy spokesman Mark Butler has written about the toxic divisions on energy policy in a recent book.
The government’s public pressure on AGL is based on a report warning there will be a substantial electricity shortfall over coming years.
As he grapples with the power issue, Malcolm Turnbull has swung increasing emphasis onto coal.
It has held back the UK’s energy infrastructure for decades.
A panel of leading economists has given its majority verdict on Alan Finkel’s proposed Clean Energy Target: it may not be the best possible emissions policy, but we should get on with it anyway.
On Q&A, an audience member said renewable energy is ‘now cheaper than coal’. Senator Matt Canavan disagreed, saying renewables are not ‘at the moment, cheaper than coal’. Let’s look at the numbers.
The UK is about to miss an opportunity if it tries to take on the giants of the lithium-ion battery industry.
Politics podcast: Alan Finkel on the future of Australia’s energy market
Alan Finkel acknowledges there's a hard road ahead for policymaking on energy.
The energy security crisis has politicians leaping to unveil various schemes. But we don’t need piecemeal action – the Finkel review, due in June, aims to create a coherent new energy blueprint.
Even Trump’s most destructive proposals pale in comparison. The president is merely throwing a match on a burning building.
The country’s ambitious plans for sustainable transport and renewable energy must work in sync.
Australia could be the ‘energy capital of Asia’ but instead it is going backwards, Bill Shorten will say in a speech on Thursday.
Whether it’s the awkward politics of preferences for One Nation or the extremely complex policy conundrum of improving Australia’s energy security, the Turnbull government’s default position is to attack…
Republicans have decided to deliberately give a green light to secret and potentially corrupt deals abroad.
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.
Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has set out a strong vision for Australia’s energy policy, but there are many challenges ahead.
The goals are clear: clean, cheap, reliable energy. But no-one can agree how we get there.
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