Giles Parkinson
Fossil fuel generators are agitating for the Renewable Energy Target to be curbed or scrapped. All because it is causing energy prices to fall and is crimping their returns.
Southern Cross Ventures hopes to change the dynamics of the local VC market for renewable technologies after winning the mandate for the $200 million VC fund.
The case for ditching centralised fossil fuels and slashing energy network spending: a new report says smaller can be better, cheaper and cleaner. Welcome to the energy culture wars.
A new study finds that distributed solar PV and storage could be a cheaper option to meet peak demand than more poles and wires. Even the energy industry accepts there may be better ways of investing.
Debunking myths, perpetuating others: Ferguson on nuclear, gas and the cost of air-con, solar tariffs and privatisation. Plus, clean energy costs and EVs.
The energy white paper gets its modeling wrong. But at least it seeks to change the energy debate in Australia by focusing on demand rather than supply.
The biggest barrier to a climate pact, the question of which countries are bound and which are not, is now removed thanks to Durban. The carbon crunch will be more profound than the credit crunch.
The biggest hurdle for the widespread deployment of solar PV has been its upfront cost. But what if the owners of buildings and households could make that cost vanish?
Could BHP's Olympic Dam expansion be powered by geothermal, solar and wind energy? That's the billion-dollar vision of Petratherm head Terry Kallis. Now he just needs to convince the miners.
Clean Energy Finance Corporation set to become the next political football; can the LRET be met?; and baseload generation becomes a marginal proposition in NZ.
The IEA paints a picture where nuclear and CCS are out, and solar – the cheapest antidote to catastrophic climate change – becomes the backbone of a largely renewable global energy system.
While Canada cements its place as climate pariah, the BRIC nations offer the tantalising prospect that COP17 may produce its own accord. Plus carbon markets under the spotlight; and more fossil awards.
The $1.5 billion Solar Flagships program faces more delays because of difficulties in financing the projects. Perhaps the ACT will show the way forward for the rollout of big solar.
Tensions over the future of Kyoto threaten to paralyse talks; anxiety mounts over legal complexities; and Canada finds a fossil friend in Poland.
Australia risks being lumped with tens of billions of dollars in stranded assets in coal and energy infrastructure. All because planners cannot see beyond business-as-usual. But the energy world has changed.
Is this the end of the EU carbon market?; new reports confirm the world is getting hotter, and that climate change is a health risk; plus Qatar named as COP18 host; and who invited Canada?
The remnants of what was once Australia’s largest independent rooftop solar installer, SolarShop, have finally been sold, completing a salutary tale about how not to run a clean energy policy in this country.
Carbon markets await decision on Russian hot air; EU laments travelling circus; someone forgot the recycling; and Canada cleans up with fossils.
Surging emissions, faltering economies, collapsing CO2 markets and intractable differences over Kyoto overshadow Durban. Time for a new roadmap? China holds the key.
The federal government's Solar Flagships program is in limbo, after both winning consortia failed to meet the deadline for financial close. So what's Plan B?