Fossil fuel fans say we can’t afford to switch over to renewables. But maybe we can’t afford not to. Laura Eadie, research director for the Centre for Policy Development’s Sustainable Economy Program, reports.
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CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY
The benefits of nuclear power
Crikey readers talk the cost of nuclear power, whether the Venice Biennale is art for everyone and what we should call the airport at Uluru.
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Is Germany now done with renewable energy?
Two German politicians are keen to rein in feed-in tariff support for renewable energy in Germany. But that doesn’t mean the European powerhouse is done with clean energy altogether.
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Have beaten down renewable stocks turned the corner?
While the Renixx index a doom and gloom story on the surface about renewable energy companies, there is reason for optimism, writes Climate Spectator’s Daniel Palmer.
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Australia risks missing out on green energy investment
Australia has already been bypassed once by the world’s leading renewable energy developers, and risks doing so again if it makes more changes to its green energy policies, writes Giles Parkinson of RenewEconomy.
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Will AGL have to choose between green and brown gold?
Many in the clean energy industry are wondering how the AGL Energy managing director can now argue both sides of the energy equation, writes Giles Parkinson of ReNew Economy.
READ MORENot so fast to the green scheme graveyard
As politicians take the razor to state and federal “complementary” climate policies, Fergus Green at Insdide Story examines the case for these policies with the federal carbon price looming
READ MORECEFC: a look at green loan programs around the world
Australia’s new $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation, which will provide investment and green loans to Aussie businesses, is similar in concept to policies underway in the United Kingdom and the United States.
READ MOREThe government’s clean energy bank and the Abbott-proof fence
The government announcement that it accepts all the recommendations of the Broadbent inquiry into the Clean Energy Finance Corporation is a high-water mark in the politics of perception, write Andrew Macintosh and Richard Dennis.
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The end of baseload? It may come sooner than you think
One of the principal architects of Germany’s push into renewable energy technologies believes the country could achieve 100% renewables by 2030, writes Giles Parkinson of RenewEconomy.
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Oakeshott, Windsor biomass burner scheme Pythonesque
Substituting native forest biomass for another renewable generation source is particularly problematic because of the nature of the technology, writes Andrew Macintosh, associate director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy.
READ MOREParkinson: no easy choices, but strong case for energy action
A new report from the Grattan Institute has underlined the failure of current policies to push Australia down the path of a clean energy future Giles Parkinson, editor of RenewEconomy, reports.
READ MORECarbon tax just the first real battle in a very long war
Fergus Green, of Inside Story, unpacks the carbon pricing package to discover, at its core, a tension between fundamentally different visions for the future of Australia’s economy and environment.
READ MOREEnergy price increases: hiding behind treasury’s Pollyanna forecasts
What are the facts on energy price increases and what has caused the increases to date? Alan Moran, director, deregulation, at the Institute of Public Affairs, offers some answers.
READ MOREThe Long View: climate change policies a soft target
Attacks that seek to blame climate-change policies such as the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and carbon pricing for skyrocketing energy bills are becoming increasingly shrill, writes Lane Crockett, general manager Australia, Pacific Hydro.
READ MOREMemo: to the next environment minister
The science is in. We cannot delay any longer. Ratifying the Kyoto Protocol, so Australia has a seat at the table of international climate negotiations, is a vital first step. We have been laggards, not leaders, for far too long, writes Don Henry, executive director of the ACF.
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