The $20 billion climate flop: a flagship plan to phase out coal in Indonesia hasn’t shut a single power plant.
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The Trump administration has made several efforts to support the coal industry, but even if coal were free, the economics aren’t in its favor.
Switching off a large coal station may be satisfying. But it won’t be that easy for Queensland’s Gladstone power station.
The only way to make nuclear power work in Australia is to unplug cheap renewables. Stop exporting electricity from rooftop solar system. Forget feed-in tarrifs. Everyone use baseload nuclear first.
The Net Zero Economy Authority will have a broad remit to support the net zero transition. Here are some pointers on how it could go about it, based on an assessment of best practice
Australia’s federal government has been hollowed out in recent decades. But states can – and still do – deliver. That’s why they are the main drivers of climate action.
Every two years, we get an updated plan for the future of Australia’s main grid. Under the new plan, coal vanishes even faster.
Banning public funding for overseas fossil fuel projects will boost Australia’s climate leadership. But can it take the next step and do it domestically?
The longest-running study of its kind reviewed death records in the path of pollution from coal-fired power plants. The numbers are staggering − but also falling fast as US coal plants close.
The current energy crisis is an opportunity to accelerate the transition towards clean energy – but some countries are better than others at pursuing major energy reform.
The answer? By closing a highly polluting power station - and ramping up renewables.
Michelle Grattan speaks to the Grattan Institute's Tony Wood about the factors that have lead to the crisis, previous governments' failure to plan for transition to renewable sources and the way out.
Renewed interest in nuclear energy will go nowhere unless we talk about carbon pricing. As energy minister Chris Bowen points out, nuclear is extremely expensive.
Australia exports most of its coal and gas, and prices have skyrocketed. We could be facing a winter of pain for gas users.
Australia might be a long way away, but fossil fuel price spikes triggered by the Russian invasion of Ukraine are hitting households hard. We could have avoided this pain.
The plan would address failures in the National Electricity Market, and would see a more orderly transformation process from coal to clean energy.
Eraring is the latest in a string of announcements for early coal plant closures. The fundamental reason is the brutal impact of renewables on coal’s profitability.
Calm and cloudy days led to a resurgence in fossil fuel use.
A new report predicts an incredibly rapid closure of coal-fired power stations. Continuing to deny this is simply not in the interest of coal workers and their communities.
Developing a carbon market in the electricity sector should not just provide further permission to emit: it should actively assist the government to phase out coal and to fund low-carbon technology.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor, Energy Systems and Data Group, Birmingham Energy Institute, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University
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CEO, UNSW Energy Institute, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations and Energy Security Studies, University of Dundee
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Indonesia Country Lead, Climateworks Centre
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Research Coordinator, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ)
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Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
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Senior Researcher on energy and climate change, University of Cape Town
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Associate Professor of Sustainability, Rochester Institute of Technology