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Giles Parkinson is a journalist of 30 years experience, a former Business Editor and Deputy Editor of the Financial Review, a columnist for The Bulletin magazine and The Australian, and the former editor of Climate Spectator.
The battle over renewables gets dirty; coal miners hang grimly onto concept of baseload power; Macquarie's disappearing balance sheet; why vested interests can't win; and why our appliances are...
RET critics must be reeling: CCA review finds that the RET works, is lowering wholesale power prices, and will result in 54Mt of avoided emissions.
As well as being ill-timed, the suggestion that the RET be scrapped and replaced with a reverse auction system has three key weaknesses.
There are some very good reasons why the Renewable Energy Target is extremely popular – not least of all because it is working.
Instead of adapting to a changing market, Origin is trying to have renewable energy neutered – and thus, throwing investment certainty out the window.
Yet more delays in Australian green energy. A study on planning to transition to 100 per cent renewables that was supposed to have been completed by mid year has...
Growing evidence of slumping energy demand means the stakes are extremely high in the upcoming review of the Renewable Energy Target, as well as the proposed cash-for-clunkers buyout of...
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Why Australia needs no new coal or gas baseload…
... and the next big baseload project will likely be PNG hydro. Origin Energy CEO Grant King also discusses the RET, the case for smart meters and the...
The debate around the structure and the purpose of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will be one of the most critical policy debates of 2012. We summarise some of...
2012 will be a critical year for cleantech in Australia. Costs for many technologies are falling rapidly, but critical decisions will be made about renewable energy targets and support...
