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Queensland announces ‘biggest pumped hydro scheme in the world’
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has launched a $62 billion energy and jobs plan, which includes the biggest pumped hydro scheme in the world. The government is also planning to convert publicly owned coal-fired power stations into…
Weekend read: strong prospects to ‘Make in India’
India’s renewable energy sector, having so far focused almost solely on adding more generation capacity with ever lower tariffs, is undergoing a drastic change, as policy pivots toward domestic manufacturing. Vinay Rustagi, managing…
Regulators reinforce need for ‘massive investment’ in energy sector
The Energy Security Board’s (ESB) first annual update on the health of the National Electricity Market (NEM) found Australia’s main grid requires “massive physical investment and wide-ranging policy reforms” to ensure a smooth transition…
Weekend read: Darkest hour before Ukraine’s solar dawn
From ISSUE 09 – 2022.For a nation still very much in grave danger, optimism remains in Ukraine – and it extends to the energy sector. Once the war is over, Ukraine plans to spend a stunning $128 billion on rebuilding its power system,…
Decade of unreliability: renewable projects and transmission ‘urgently’ needed as Australia stares…
The Australian Energy Market Operator warns every Australian jurisdiction in the national grid could see electricity demand outstripping supply within the decade – though only if anticipated renewable projects do not come to fruition.…
Native forest wood waste burning to be excluded from ‘renewable’ classification, Senate report…
As Australia’s Climate Change Bill 2022 progresses through parliament, a Senate committee has recommended using wood waste from native forests to generate electricity should no longer be classified as “renewable energy.” It is not yet clear…
‘Likely to further dilute trust’: misunderstanding community opposition to transmission lines
Australia will need to “efficiently” install more than 10,000 km of new transmission to meet its 2050 net zero goal, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator. Building out transmission is also the cornerstone of the new Albanese…
Bowen unveils emissions strategy to drive EV uptake
The Australian government will seek to introduce vehicle fuel efficiency standards to help get more electric vehicles into the domestic market and improve affordability of as part of a push to encourage more people to take up the…
ACT details plan to ditch gas in shift to electric future
The Australian Capital Territory government has unveiled plans to phase out the use of fossil gas by 2045 at the latest and move the market towards a net zero emissions future by “electrifying Canberra with renewable electricity over the…
Victorian Opposition unveils residential solar and storage strategy
Victorian Opposition Leader Matthew Guy has vowed to “turbo-charge renewables”, promising at least one million additional Victorian homes would have solar PV and battery energy storage systems installed by 2035 if the Coalition is voted in…