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Press Release and Bruce Robertson
With ASX enforcing continuous disclosure provisions gas companies must release modelling on carbon price sensitivity
14 April 2021 (IEEFA Australia): Investors are in the dark about the financial implications of emissions from Woodside’s proposed Scarborough gas field in the North West Shelf offshore in Western Australia as the company has yet to release its carbon price sensitivity modelling, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial […]
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Renew Economy: Big batteries have emerged as the more effective provider of peaking services within the electricity market, beating out gas generators on cost and effectiveness, new analysis published by the [Australia] Clean Energy Council has argued. Peaking generators play an important role within the electricity system, providing additional supplies of power at short notice […]
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Renewables Now: Spanish utility Iberdrola SA said today it has installed the first turbine at its 317-MW hybrid wind and solar power project in South Australia. The AUD-500-million (USD 381m/EUR 320m) Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park will consist of a 210-MW wind farm and a 107-MW solar park. The project will involve the installation of […]
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Renew Economy: Australia’s main grid reached a record level of renewables in its electricity supply, and a record level of wind and solar penetration on Sunday. The peak renewables share appears to have reached 55.9 per cent at 11.05am on Sunday morning, with wind and solar alone providing 53.4 per cent, according to the OpenNem […]
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One Step Off The Grid: Australia has notched up yet another record for rooftop solar installations, with homes and businesses around the country installing 317MW of systems in March – an all-time high for national monthly installs. The new monthly record was marked in the latest data from industry statisticians, SunWiz, taking the cumulative total […]
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Renew Economy: Rooftop solar has continued to lead the rapid growth in Australia’s renewable energy sector, with more than 3 gigawatts of new small-scale solar capacity pushing the total renewable mix to almost 28 per cent, says the Clean Energy Council. It was a record breaking year both for capacity installed (up from 2.2GW of […]
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Reuters: South32 Ltd will provide up to $250 million in funds to smooth the sale of its South African energy coal business to mining group Seriti Resources, the company said on Thursday. South32 will pay $200 million across a decade to partly fund costs of the environmental clean up of the mines of its South […]
Press Release, Guest Commentary: Dr Gabrielle Kuiper and Vibhuti Garg
Combining rooftop solar with batteries and electric vehicles is in India's near-future
31 March 2021 (IEEFA India): Policy makers and regulators must build the framework required for combining rooftop solar with battery storage and electric vehicles to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision for a sustainable, energy-secure future, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). In addition to the […]
Press Release and Guest Commentary: John Robert
With export markets' changing expectations, investors and industry beware
31 March 2021 (IEEFA Australia): Santos’ proposed offshore Barossa gas field near Darwin, Northern Territory has the unfriendly tag of having more carbon dioxide than any gas currently made into LNG, finds a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA). The gas contains so much CO2 that most of it […]
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Renew Economy: Neoen’s massive plans for a 350MW solar farm and 100MW big battery in southern NSW, each ranking among Australia’s largest, have secured planning approval from NSW planning authorities, but with conditions to minimise potential environmental impacts. The Culcairn solar and battery project will see around 900,000 solar panels installed with single-axis tracking across […]
IEEFA: Emissions and Qatar are neglected risk factors in Woodside’s Scarborough project
With ASX enforcing continuous disclosure provisions gas companies must release modelling on carbon price sensitivity14 April 2021 (IEEFA Australia): Investors are in the dark about the financial implications of emissions from Woodside’s proposed Scarborough gas field in the North West Shelf offshore in Western Australia as the company has yet to release its carbon price sensitivity modelling, finds a new report by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial […]