Hey Reader, in today's edition: Liberals axe net zero California isn't dreamin' about gas Energy wars go local, with misinformation The day the 'climate deniers' won The Liberal Party pledged to axe Australia’s 2030 and 2050 climate targets, while keeping the country legally obligated to limit global warming by remaining a signatory to the Paris Agreement. If elected in 2028, the party would repeal both the 43% by 2030 and net zero by 2050 target from the Climate Change Act, Liberal Leader...
2 days ago • 9 min read
Hey Reader, in today's edition: Climate tech innovation in the wild Will big batteries eat their own lunch? IEA Global Outlook Myrtle is open for business There’s a lot of talk about climate tech at COP30, and some innovators who are actually doing it. MCi Carbon Co-Founder Sophia Hamblin Wang, an award winner at the Glasgow COP four years ago, arrived with a suitcase full of the first samples of carbon-sequestering materials from an Australian demonstration plant as big-emitting partners...
3 days ago • 10 min read
Hey Reader, welcome to The Energy's weekly data newsletter. This week we explore the impact of booming batteries on the duck curve. Duck swoon Two energy executives with front row seats at the roll out of the Albanese government’s wildly oversubscribed home batteries scheme made some startling claims at the All Energy conference a couple of weeks ago. Ryan Wavish, general manager innovation at Engie Retail, and Kirsty Gowans, head of electricity at the federal Department of Climate Change,...
4 days ago • 5 min read
Hey Reader, in today's edition: Making flexible demand work COP31: Are we there yet? Test bed for Ultra Low-Cost Solar Energy policy is so much more than supply Flexible demand is now widely agreed to be a priority for helping smooth the energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables, but it needs the right policies, regulations and programs to make it mainstream, experts warn. Existing schemes established specifically for flexible demand are small-scale and do not create the predictable...
5 days ago • 9 min read
Hey Reader, in today's edition: The climate hero COP needs COP31 hopes live on Real zero 'technically feasible' Can the ‘clean energy revolution’ save COP? Clean energy is the emerging hero of climate negotiations as the world’s petrostates, electrostates and those in-between fall short of their carbon reduction goals. “A clean energy revolution has taken hold. Solar and wind are now the cheapest sources of power – and the fastest growing sources of electricity in history. Last year, almost...
6 days ago • 8 min read
Hey Reader, welcome to The Energy Week, your chance to catch up on this week's most important energy news. Prefer to listen? Get The Energy Week on your favourite podcast platform. THE ENERGY WEEK • EPISODE 8 'A shot across the bow of retailers' 05:19 MORE INFO This week's top energy news A Melbourne Cup day announcement of free electricity during the solar peak became the front runner for energy surprise of the year as insiders warned of unintended consequences. Regulation A new regulated...
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Hey Reader, in today's edition: China's dominance shocks Powering the Pilbara Shade on Solar Sharer Investing in the wake of China's dominance When climate tech venture capitalist Yair Reem went to China, what he saw shocked him and forced him to rethink his investment strategy. The strength of China's green tech industry is so strong that in some sectors, there's just no way for the West to compete. In sectors like batteries, it's game over. There's no point continuing to invest in Western...
9 days ago • 8 min read
Hey Reader, in today's edition: Emissions commitments only part of the story Tapping community sentiment Listening to farmers not Facebook Dire predictions won't halt 'bulging' renewables pipeline A crucial science-based benchmark for limiting dangerous climate change is about to be breached, but a chunky pipeline of national renewable energy projects could shift the needle. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report 2025: Off Target warned pledges under the Paris...
10 days ago • 8 min read
Hey Reader, welcome to The Energy's weekly data newsletter. This week we explore the government's new plan to push retailers to offer "free" power in peak solar times. Plus we've added wind and solar curtailment to our regular monthly charts. Wait, what? Australia's energy sector appears to have been caught off guard by the government’s Solar Sharer policy, which experts say could have benefited from wider consultation. AGL (ASX: AGL) shares closed down 3.7%, and Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) down...
11 days ago • 5 min read