September 2022
Tech disruptors battle nervous market in bid to change the energy game
Fresh layoffs at residential solar financing start-up Brighte show struggles in an energy tech scene that is largely confident of defying the tech wreck.
- Paul Smith
August 2019
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Cricket's Boxing Day test a big power draw
Melbourne Cricket Ground reduces energy consumption by 23 per cent during the most popular days of the cricket season.
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December 2016
OPEC seeks to shrink oil stockpiles to revive prices
OPEC hopes to pare global stockpiles back to a normal level, paving the way for prices to rise to more than $US60 a barrel.
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November 2015
Solar, wind, nuclear power on the rise, but coal still has its place
Australian's vision of a decarbonised power supply is bold but it reveals the conundrum at the heart of energy planning.
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- Mark Abernethy
Mining services companies under stress
The mining equipment, technology and services (METS) sector continues to feel the pressure of the slump, and no-one is expecting the situation to improve in 2016.
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- Derek Parker
Cleverly funded innovation smoothes the shift to a lower carbon economy
Maths has a way of cutting through the emotion. To have even a 50 per cent chance of limiting global warning to 2 degrees, the world needs to keep 62 per cent of known fossil fuels in the ground.
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LNG is changing the rules
The future of Australia's natural gas resource is one of incredible growth but a corresponding volatility in price and usage.
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- Mark Abernethy
Repository rather than warehousing solution required for nuclear waste
While the South Australia Royal Commission into the Nuclear Fuel Cycle continues its hearings, the federal government has made its own inroads into the nuclear debate.
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- Mark Abernethy
Weighing the nuclear option
The current South Australian Royal Commission on nuclear energy announced by Premier Jay is a paradox for many environmentalists. The 'nuclear option' is only being considered because it generates base-load power with almost zero emissions.
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- Mark Abernethy
September 2015
Energy policy lacks certainty and stability
Many in the energy sector might be hoping former Prime Minister Paul Keating's words ring partly true that "when you change the government, you change the country" after this week's events in Canberra. Sure the government hasn't actually changed but Malcolm Turnbull's ascension to the The Lodge might begin to see some policy stability in the energy sector.
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- Mark Eggleton
Reposit gives solar users the power of choice
How's this for a world-first radical idea? Instead of selling the power you generate during the day for 6c a kilowatt hour and buying it back at 60c an hour when you get home, use your free clean energy when you need it and sell it at 60c an hour to your retailer when they need it.
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- Jonathan Porter
LNG growing in importance but threats remain
Australia's gas industry is a vital part of our economy. Gas is an indispensable feedstock for manufacturers and an essential energy source for industry and millions of households.
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- Malcolm Roberts
Australian coal industry's future far from black
Coal production is an iconic Australian industry that has provided an essential building block in the country's economic development. It has been an important contributor to national income and provided the affordable and accessible energy that has given so many of our industries their comparative advantage.
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- Greg Evans
Climate change road full of political potholes
Alaska is a long way from Australia but both have been featuring in the climate change debate for similar reasons – and each has strong reasons for needing to retain its resource development strength.
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- Keith Orchison
Power in Malcolm Turnbull's hands – literally
After claiming victory in a party room spill earlier this week, Malcolm Turnbull said: "We have to recognise that the disruption that we see driven by technology, the volatility in change is our friend if we are agile and smart enough to take advantage of it."The new PM was talking about changes that affect the economy, but the comments couldn't be more resonant for Australia's energy sector.
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- Kane Thornton
The path to a more carbon constrained future
The energy industry is in transition. The emergence of the digital age and the need to progressively decarbonise our economies means this transition may occur more rapidly than many people realise. As it does, a major challenge facing the electricity industry is supplying secure, reliable and cost effective energy to increasingly energy conscious consumers who desire cleaner sources of power from a more decentralised network.
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- Andy Vesey
Working together to solve Australia's energy challenges
Over this series we have brought together leaders from industry and government to discuss the critical issue of our energy future. There is broad agreement that we need to transition our energy sector as Australia journeys towards a lower carbon future. What we need now is a clear path to get there.
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- Geoff Culbert
Maintaining Australia as an energy leader
When Tony Abbott's Coalition government came to power in late 2013 and he declared the nation to be open for business again, the nation's corporate sector looked forward to a significant and much-needed burst of policy reform.
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- Michael Stutchbury
No connection between policy and climate change
One of Prime Minister Turnbull's highest priorities should be an integrated energy and climate change policy.
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- Tony Wood
Infigen CEO urges stability in energy policy
At a time when the federal government is raising the spectre of sovereign risk in relation to environmental groups taking their protests to the courts, Infigen Energy managing director Miles George warns Australia faces the real danger of sovereign risk on another more tangible level.
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- Mark Eggleton