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	<title>Crikey &#187; renewable energy</title>
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		<title>Climate: sweeping cuts to programs &#8212; and more to come?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/15/climate-sweeping-cuts-to-programs-and-more-to-come/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/15/climate-sweeping-cuts-to-programs-and-more-to-come/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 02:53:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2013 federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon trading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the coal industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The budget has axed $2.4 billion from climate programs as the government compensates for a likely big drop in revenue from the carbon price from 2015. And there might be much bigger cuts to come next year.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The dirty secret of fossil fuels: more expensive than you think</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/the-dirty-secret-of-fossil-fuels-more-expensive-than-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/02/the-dirty-secret-of-fossil-fuels-more-expensive-than-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 01:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuel industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reduce carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=367587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fossil fuel fans say we can't afford to switch over to renewables. But maybe we can't afford not to. <b>Laura Eadie</b>, research director for the Centre for Policy Development's Sustainable Economy Program, reports.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>PromiseWatch 2013: climate change and carbon pricing</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/01/promisewatch-2013-climate-change-and-carbon-pricing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/01/promisewatch-2013-climate-change-and-carbon-pricing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 02:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Crook</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[centre for policy development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[promise watch 2013]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=367288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Crikey's PromiseWatch project shifts its gaze to climate change.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/05/01/promisewatch-2013-climate-change-and-carbon-pricing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Power Index: carbon cutters, Michael Fraser at #3</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/19/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-michael-fraser-at-3/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/19/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-michael-fraser-at-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan Edis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Cutters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THE POWER INDEX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AGL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity generation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[michael fraser]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=356605</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Michael Fraser has a dual personality: he heads up a company with a massive carbon footprint that is also heavily involved in renewable energy. So why is he walking both sides of the line -- and how did this quiet company man rise to the top? <a href="http://www.climatespectator.com.au" target="_blank"><em>Climate Spectator</em></a> and <em>Crikey</em> investigate.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/19/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-michael-fraser-at-3/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Power Index: carbon cutters, Oliver Yates at #4</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/18/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-oliver-yates-at-4/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/18/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-oliver-yates-at-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 23:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Cutters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THE POWER INDEX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Finance Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-carbon economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Macquarie Bank]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oliver Yates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=356306</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oliver Yates is the ex-Macquarie banker who turned his back on a lucrative career to head up the government's controversial (and possibly short-lived) green bank. Why did this "maverick" do it -- and what will he do with $10 billion of your money?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/18/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-oliver-yates-at-4/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Power Index: carbon cutters, Martin Green at #8</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/07/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-martin-green-at-8/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/07/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-martin-green-at-8/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Alexander</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carbon Cutters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TECHNOLOGY]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[THE POWER INDEX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pv solar power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shi zhengrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unsw]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=353832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australian solar pioneer Martin Green is the man behind the solar entrepreneurs of the world. His early research and 40-year teaching career has driven a generation of solar development and commercialisation. But he keeps his head down when it comes to the politics of climate policy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/03/07/the-power-index-carbon-cutters-martin-green-at-8/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8216;Game changer&#8217;: renewables now cheaper than coal, gas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/08/game-changer-renewables-now-cheaper-than-coal-gas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/08/game-changer-renewables-now-cheaper-than-coal-gas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=347766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance concludes that renewables are already cheaper than new-build coal and gas in Australia. And gas may not even be needed.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/08/game-changer-renewables-now-cheaper-than-coal-gas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon capture technology: climate superhero or rort?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/carbon-capture-technology-climate-superhero-or-rort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/carbon-capture-technology-climate-superhero-or-rort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Capture and Storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doha climate summit 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewables]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a reason fossil fuel giants -- and some environmental groups -- just love carbon capture technology. But is it really the answer to climate change?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/carbon-capture-technology-climate-superhero-or-rort/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Renewable energy hit by an irrelevant debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/26/renewable-energy-hit-by-an-irrelevant-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/26/renewable-energy-hit-by-an-irrelevant-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan Edis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Origin Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy Target]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=333616</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should the renewable energy target be reduced? Origin Energy is calling it for it to be a "real" 20% share of the market, but just how does one classify "real"?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/26/renewable-energy-hit-by-an-irrelevant-debate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Is Ferguson in a parallel universe or just the real world?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/martin-ferguson-in-a-parallel-universe-or-just-the-real-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/martin-ferguson-in-a-parallel-universe-or-just-the-real-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 00:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tristan Edis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Asia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=331500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The present path is that China and India will be gobbling up all the growth in coal, and nearly all the growth in oil. Will we fight to combat climate change or make stacks of cash selling coal to Asia?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/16/martin-ferguson-in-a-parallel-universe-or-just-the-real-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The rise of the solar voter &#8212; they&#8217;re not where you think</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-rise-of-the-solar-voter-theyre-not-where-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-rise-of-the-solar-voter-theyre-not-where-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle class welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=328152</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Analysis shows where Australia's solar panels are -- and it's not in the inner-city latte set. Some politicians may need to rethink their view on support for solar.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-rise-of-the-solar-voter-theyre-not-where-you-think/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to untangle the web of renewable energy policies</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/03/time-to-untangle-the-web-of-renewable-energy-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/03/time-to-untangle-the-web-of-renewable-energy-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2012 03:09:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy Target]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=307363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The RET was intended to let the market choose the cheapest way to generate renewable energy. But it all got very complicated, write <b>Andrew Macintosh</b> and <b>Richard Denniss</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/03/time-to-untangle-the-web-of-renewable-energy-policies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Energy admission: wind, solar to be cheapest by 2030</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/01/energy-admission-wind-solar-to-be-cheapest-by-2030/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/01/energy-admission-wind-solar-to-be-cheapest-by-2030/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=306773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Energy Economics now says solar and wind will provide the cheapest forms of energy, shaking up the nation’s electricity grid.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/01/energy-admission-wind-solar-to-be-cheapest-by-2030/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>85</slash:comments>
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		<title>IEA says renewable energy set to boom</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/09/iea-says-renewable-energy-set-to-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/09/iea-says-renewable-energy-set-to-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Energy Agency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=301755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The IEA says renewable energy deployment to accelerate despite economic downturn. And it notes solar PV is increasingly competitive, even for miners. <b>Giles Parkinson</b> of <a href="http://www.reneweconomy.com.au"><em>RenewEconomy</em></a> reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/09/iea-says-renewable-energy-set-to-boom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>29</slash:comments>
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		<title>Old energy: the renaissance of fossil fuels under the carbon tax</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/25/old-energy-the-renaissance-of-fossil-fuels-under-the-carbon-tax/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/25/old-energy-the-renaissance-of-fossil-fuels-under-the-carbon-tax/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 07:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Counting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuel industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=293241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fossil fuel sector isn't hiding from a carbon tax. In fact, it's planning a revival. Renewable energy is undermined by coal-powered operators finding ways to reduce emissions and increase efficiency, writes <b>Philipp Rosskopf</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/05/25/old-energy-the-renaissance-of-fossil-fuels-under-the-carbon-tax/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>CEFC: a look at green loan programs around the world</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/20/cefc-a-look-at-green-loan-programs-around-the-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/20/cefc-a-look-at-green-loan-programs-around-the-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:05:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amber Jamieson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clean Energy Finance Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean energy technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar projects]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=286160</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/20/cefc-a-look-at-green-loan-programs-around-the-world/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney takes first steps to leave the grid</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/sydney-takes-first-steps-to-leave-the-grid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/sydney-takes-first-steps-to-leave-the-grid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=283726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sydney is taking a first step towards reducing its dependence on the electricity grid and centralised energy with the official launch of a city-wide low-carbon energy network, to be built via a series of tri-generation plants installed by Origin Energy subsidiary Cogent Energy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/sydney-takes-first-steps-to-leave-the-grid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why power generators are terrified of solar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/27/why-generators-are-terrified-of-solar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/27/why-generators-are-terrified-of-solar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 02:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar pv]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=282397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In Germany, solar PV is not just licking the cream off the profits of the fossil fuel generators -- as happens in Australia with a more modest rollout of PV -- it is in fact eating their entire cake, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b>, of RenewEconomy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/03/27/why-generators-are-terrified-of-solar/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: our cheap grid is letting us down: that&#8217;s not smart</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/parkinson-our-cheap-grid-is-letting-us-down-thats-not-smart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/parkinson-our-cheap-grid-is-letting-us-down-thats-not-smart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing epitomises the challenges of Australia’s future energy needs as the state of the National Electricity Market itself.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/parkinson-our-cheap-grid-is-letting-us-down-thats-not-smart/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Quiggin: don&#8217;t write off CSG if you&#8217;re worried about the climate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/20/quiggin-dont-write-off-csg-if-youre-worried-about-climate-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/20/quiggin-dont-write-off-csg-if-youre-worried-about-climate-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012 Queensland election]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bts hot issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal seam gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you share the view that climate change is the most important environmental issue facing Australia and the world, you should be very cautious about advocating all-out opposition to CSG, says <b>John Quiggin</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/20/quiggin-dont-write-off-csg-if-youre-worried-about-climate-change/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: no easy choices, but strong case for energy action</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/parkinson-no-easy-choices-but-strong-case-for-energy-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/parkinson-no-easy-choices-but-strong-case-for-energy-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:09:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clean renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal seam gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grattan Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nuclear energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reducing carbon emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=272733</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[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 <b>Giles Parkinson</b>, editor of <a href="http://reneweconomy.com.au/"><em>RenewEconomy</em></a>, reports.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/06/parkinson-no-easy-choices-but-strong-case-for-energy-action/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crikey says: our energy future</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/crikey-says-our-energy-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/crikey-says-our-energy-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christine Milne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewables]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Greens]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=258599</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["The door is closing...I am very worried – if we don't change direction now on how we use energy, we will end up beyond what scientists tell us is the minimum [for safety]. The door will be closed forever."]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/11/crikey-says-our-energy-future/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>The web of vested interests behind the anti-wind farm lobby</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/13/the-web-of-vested-interests-behind-the-anti-wind-farm-lobby/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/13/the-web-of-vested-interests-behind-the-anti-wind-farm-lobby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:04:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Chapman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anti wind farm lobby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baillieu government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barry O'Farrell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute of Public Affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ipa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the waubra foundation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind farms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[windfarms]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=252526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A network analysis of links between the principal voices involved in demonising wind farms in Australia has been circulating in recent weeks and reveals connections between some of the principal wind farm opponents.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/13/the-web-of-vested-interests-behind-the-anti-wind-farm-lobby/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>135</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon taxes and the ghosts of politicians past</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/carbon-taxes-and-the-ghosts-of-politicians-past/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/carbon-taxes-and-the-ghosts-of-politicians-past/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2011 01:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPRS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment effects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=250747</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the latest carbon price package makes its way through parliament, <b>Fergus Green</b> takes a trip down memory lane.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/10/04/carbon-taxes-and-the-ghosts-of-politicians-past/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will Australia miss the global solar boom?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/will-australia-miss-the-global-solar-boom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/will-australia-miss-the-global-solar-boom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 03:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fossil fuel industries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=249481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ferguson has mostly been interested in protecting the supply of fossil fuels or export or use at home, although he has shown an increasing interest in solar of late, writes <b>Giles Parkinson</b> from <a href="http://www.climatespectator.com.au" target="_blank"><em>Climate Spectator</em></a>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/09/27/will-australia-miss-the-global-solar-boom/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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