Today
- Opinion
- Electricity
Pay households and they will use energy wisely
If you offer money to householders to provide power at certain times or to reduce demand, they will happily do it – provided it isn’t just a pea and thimble trick.
- Tristan Edis
This Month
Demand for fossil fuels will peak by 2030: global energy body
The IEA’s annual report warns that avoiding catastrophic climate change requires a 30 per cent cut in extraction of oil and gas by 2030.
- Jacob Greber
- Sponsored
- Accenture
Collective action crucial to drive systems-wide change to cut emissions
The 1.5 degree threshold, laid out in the Paris Agreement signed in 2016 was earmarked as “the key tipping point” for climate change globally.
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Smart ways to get the most out of your solar
Homeowners are using tips and tricks to shift as much of their power usage as possible to solar.
- Christopher Niesche
The final stop before landfill: waste-to-energy plants
With the right technology, sewage sludge, abattoir and household waste can all be converted into energy or usable products.
- Sian Powell
Biodiversity credits aim to help repair nature
The government is seeking to establish a nature repair market, with biodiversity credits creating a new asset class for investors.
- Christopher Niesche
How these Aussie cafes are keeping laptops out of landfill
Repair cafés are part of a growing culture of re-use, recycle and repair around Australia as garbage levels soar and recycling systems break down.
- Tom McIlroy
Forrest reignites media bias row with fellow WA billionaire Stokes
Andrew Forrest and Kerry Stokes were due to come face-to-face at a black tie charity event in Perth on Saturday night.
- Brad Thompson
- Opinion
- Carbon pricing
How to sell fake carbon credits: ‘I probably will go to jail’
A scheme to protect trees in Zimbabwe generated big profits but didn’t help global warming,
- Opinion
- Carbon challenge
No matter who collects EV revenue, we have to charge smartly
EVs are clean, cheap to run, and could encourage more driving. That will be a test for state governments, which can no longer set road user charges.
- Marion Terrill
She wanted to do the right thing on renewables – but found a $6b bonus
Yackandandah nurse Donna Jones volunteered for Project Edge to support the grid’s transition from coal power. She discovered there were far more benefits.
- Ben Potter
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Carbon tax a fairer way to reach 2030 carbon target
A broad-based carbon tax would help take pressure off the decarbonisation challenge, retaining the economy’s energy competitiveness while keeping the lights on.
- The AFR View
Cannon-Brookes’ Sun Cable in manufacturing bid to solve cable shortage
The billionaire’s Grok Ventures, which bought Sun Cable out of administration, is facing a five- to eight-year wait for cables, CEO Jeremy Kwong-Law said.
- Ben Potter
Batteries to cost $18b more than pumped hydro to firm Qld renewables
Meeting Queensland’s long-duration energy storage task for its renewable energy zones would have cost $18 billion more with batteries than pumped hydro.
- Updated
- Ben Potter
- Sponsored
- British High Commission
The small matter of the future
The UK’s clean energy industry is estimated to employ 247,400 full-time equivalent workers.
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- Opinion
- The AFR View
Energy Summit confirms stuttering transition is not on track
The scale and complexity of the task requires all hands on deck, rather than ruling out any feasible transition pathway on political grounds.
- The AFR View
How 3.5m households could be ‘unsung heroes’ on road to net zero
Energy produced by solar panels on Australian households is equivalent to four Snowy Hydros, but not enough is being done to capitalise on it.
- Ben Potter
- Opinion
- Hydrogen
We can’t afford the hydrogen debate to get bogged down
The scale and urgency of the net-zero transformation demands Australia adopt a technology-neutral, emissions-intensity focused hydrogen pathway that doesn’t exclude any fuels or technologies.
- Samantha McCulloch
- Exclusive
- Energy & Climate Summit
‘Go hard, be brave’, says $15b green bank boss
National Reconstruction Fund chairman Martijn Wilder said Australia needs a WWII-style “Marshall Plan” to decarbonise the economy fast.
- Ben Potter
- Sponsored
- Westpac
Pressure testing Australia’s hydrogen dream
Australia’s mighty push towards a clean hydrogen-powered future has been supercharged by optimism for its potential to solve the global decarbonisation challenge.
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