Hydrogen in the home is closer than you think
A pioneering hydrogen project designed to help reach the 2050 net zero target has completed its first phase.
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Push to cut power bills through household reforms – Copy
The Australian Government says it’s committed to affordable energy reforms by mid-next year when power prices are forecast to rise 30 per cent…
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Green hydrogen to help power Australian town
As part of a landmark trial, an Australian town will use hydrogen made from renewable energy to help power it…
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Nearly 90% of Australians want government to step in on energy costs, poll finds
A survey has shown that most Australians back government intervention in the energy sector to limit exports and impose a tax on gas companies.
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Power bill relief all round as major parties launch Victorian election campaigns
Both major parties have vowed during election campaign launches to deliver methods to bring down the cost of power bills for Victorians…
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Ark Energy to build 3 GW renewable energy hub in Australia –
International metals group Korea Zinc’s Australian subsidiary Ark Energy has announced it will build 3 GW of renewable energy generation in north Queensland as part of plans to produce more than 1 million tonnes of green ammonia per annum for export by 2032.
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Free carbon credits could threaten Australia’s emission reduction targets, Labor’s advisers warn | Energy | The Guardian
The climate firm Labor used to model its policies before the federal election has advised the government to abandon a proposal that could hand free carbon credits to big industrial polluters – warning it could lead to Australia missing its emissions reduction targets.
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Regional Australia Institute summit: Regions will be the centre of renewable energy shift
Regional communities must be included in planning and conversations about renewable energy, a national summit has been told.
The transition to renewable energy is an “industrial revolution to a timetable” and regional Australia is on the front line of change, a national summit has been told.
Tony Wood, the Grattan Institute’s energy and climate change program director, said no section of the Australian economy would be untouched by the energy shift.
“We are going to turn our 100-year-old electricity system on its head in 30 years,” Mr Wood told the Regional Australia Institute event in Canberra.
“We’re going to take a 200-year-old gas system and basically get rid of it. We’re going to reinvent the way we make aluminium, steel, concrete, cement, explosives and fertilisers.
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We all need to be part of the renewable plan to power Australia
As our nation transitions toward a renewable energy future, it is critical that all Australians, not just the energy market, play a central role in planning and delivering the country’s future electricity system.
We must ensure that the needs, rights and opportunities for communities, industries and consumers are not being compromised to satisfy least-cost outcomes.
Many actors in the energy market recognised the (AEMO) Australian Energy Market Operator’s integrated system plan (ISP) as the blueprint for our energy future.
When meeting the national energy objectives (NEO), the ISP appears to represent an appropriate business model for the National Energy Market (NEM). However, the ISP and regulatory investment test for transmission (RIT–T) frameworks are clearly not fit for purpose as they do not consider matters beyond the NEO.
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Renewable energy: Australia could be the Saudi Arabia of clean energy
Few countries in the world can make such an outsize difference to climate change. In the shift to renewable energy, the sunburnt country could satisfy global demand for green energy more than eight times over.
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