Western Australia is facing potential shortages of domestic gas starting in 2025 due to downgrades to reserves at fields, the Australian Energy Market Operator warns.
— Read on www.afr.com/companies/energy/fresh-alarm-on-wa-gas-as-2025-shortfall-looms-20211214-p59hc2
“prices of about $7 a gigajoule, up from about $4.50/GJ last year.
The WA gas price index surged 7 per cent in the September quarter, its biggest percentage jump since 2015″
Biden Tax Credit Could Boost America’s Budding E-Bike Industry – The Energy Mix
— Read on www.theenergymix.com/2021/12/15/biden-tax-credit-could-boost-americas-budding-e-bike-industry/
“United States may soon offer tax credits for e-bikes, “the world’s best-selling and fastest-growing form of electric vehicle” that is “a dynamic people-mover more efficient than any Tesla or Nissan Leaf,” Bloomberg Green reports.
Tucked among the more than 2,000 pages of the federal government’s Build Back Better spending bill is a tax credit of up to $90United States may soon offer tax credits for e-bikes, “the world’s best-selling and fastest-growing form of electric vehicle” that is “a dynamic people-mover more efficient than any Tesla or Nissan Leaf,” Bloomberg Green reports.
Tucked among the more than 2,000 pages of the federal government’s Build Back Better spending bill is a tax credit of up to $900 for e-bikes, “
Grid forming inverters – mostly likely hosted in battery storage installations – are seen as crucial to supply the system strength and other key grid services traditionally delivered by coal, gas and other spinning machinery.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/new-arena-fund-to-help-plug-one-of-last-gaps-to-100-pct-renewables-grid/
Coal is likely to be completely gone from Victoria’s electricity system by 2032 with most other parts of Australia not far behindPrime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia’s emissions have come down 20 per cent, a record he says is beaten by only four other countries in the G20. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-08/fact-check-scott-morrison-emissions-in-the-g20/100676322
looks like so much insistence emission reduction success is proverbial “last refuge of a scoundrel”
Continuing to deny the impending end of coal-fired generation is simply not in the interest of coal workers and their communities.
— Read on reneweconomy.com.au/the-end-of-coal-is-coming-fast-governments-must-urgently-support-a-just-transition/
“Coal is likely to be completely gone from Victoria’s electricity system by 2032 with most other parts of Australia not far behind”
Anybody yet seen any actual Plan for just transition?
Nothing normal.
— Read on theshot.net.au/general-news/the-marketing-of-scott-morrison/
a useful autopsy…
Coal-fired power generators are expected to shut down nearly three times faster than previously anticipated and exit the National Energy Market entirely by 2043, according to an updated plan that follows widespread consultation with the sector.
— Read on www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-09/early-coal-exit-national-electricity-market-renewables/100687644
“Large-scale renewable generators like wind and solar farms will need to increase nine-fold, while smaller scale solar (such as rooftop and community solar panels) will need to grow five-fold.“
National cabinet documents obtained by Rex Patrick reveal increased risk of extreme weather events
— Read on www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/dec/04/scott-morrison-attacked-over-secrecy-after-documents-reveal-cyclones-and-floods-set-to-pummel-australia
It’s 650 metres below the surface, across 6,000 square kilometres – and has been overlooked for far too long.
— Read on theconversation.com/theres-an-enormous-geothermal-pool-under-the-latrobe-valley-that-can-give-us-cheap-clean-energy-166829
But will there be any approval to develop big project like this if there’s nothing to create export income? (joking! seriously)
Australia will continue to be a dumping ground for dirty and inefficient vehicles that are expensive to run with Labor reportedly about to dump its policy.
— Read on thedriven.io/2021/12/01/dumping-ground-labor-rejects-car-emissions-standards-to-avoid-another-scare-campaign/
she’ll be right mate, no new tail pipe emissions regs until “our oil refineries” have spent $2Billion gift from Frydenberg, allowed until 2027, when petrol extreme taxed to compel extreme emission reduction
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