Australia’s Energy Transition & De-industrialisation

Over the next decade, rooftops will force the demise of grid scale WDGs.  They are not renewable or sustainable.  They are stranded assets with no future.

Victoria’s Renewable Grid Buckles Under a Brutal Cold Snap

In 2021 the Australian State of Victoria enshrined a fracking ban into the state constitution. Now they are paying the price.

Victorian State Government Begging for Private Renewable Energy Investment

“… We need to see 25GW of new [generators] between now and 2035 …” – but Victoria is consistently voted the hardest place to do business in Australia.

Aussie Sea Level Rise Building Permit Chaos

Local governments attempting to apply new Victorian state sea level rise building permit rules to residential blocks bought in good faith are creating legal chaos.

Is Private Renewable Energy Investment Faltering in Australia?

Victorian Premier Dan Andrews has resurrected the state electricity commission, to develop renewable opportunities and facilitate a phaseout of coal by 2035.

Victoria Announces the End of Affordable Home Heating, Because Climate Change

The cold Aussie state of Victoria has announced that in the future, people will have to rely on their increasingly unstable and unaffordable electricity grid, to hold back the winter…

Aussie Victorian Government Encouraging Electric Vehicles While Retiring Power Generators

What could possibly go wrong? Victoria wants all new vehicle sales to be EVs by 2030, while advancing plans to retire their largest reliable electricity generator by 2028.

Aussie Brown Coal to Clean Hydrogen Plant will Address Carbon Capture “Eventually”

Proponents are celebrating Kawasaki Heavy Industry’s planned construction of a coal to hydrogen plant in Victoria, which is intended to prove the viability of the clean hydrogen supply chain. Just…

Record breaking cold weather hits Australia’s south east

NO WONDER it was difficult getting out of bed this morning. If you’re desperate for days to get warmer, we have some good news. Benedict Brook@BenedictBrook From: news.com.au July 3,…

Australia’s Carbon Tax – One Year On

Is it responsible for reduced CO2 emissions in the electricity sector? Guest essay by Phil Hutchings The Australian carbon tax of A$23/t of CO2 became effective one year ago on…

David Karoly – leader of the 'climate underground'?

Oh how quickly they forget. Last month, scientist David Karoly was thanking Steve McIntyre for spotting the error that led to the retraction of the Gergis et al paper: “We…

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