simon holmes à courtChris Uhlmann’s windy “truthiness” adds to policy fogLast Tuesday evening, after an unseasonably warm day in South Australia, Chris Uhlmann, one of the country’s most influential political…Apr 18, 2018Apr 18, 2018
simon holmes à courtWhy Liddell is likely to close in 2022, and why you shouldn’t careOut of respect for wishes of the RSL and the family of an Australian energy pioneer, the newly formed bomb-throwing “ginger group” needs a…Apr 9, 2018Apr 9, 2018
simon holmes à courtNo longer ‘alternative’, mainstream renewables are pushing prices downOn the first day of autumn tens of thousands of Victorians received a welcome surprise from their power company — their electricity bills…Mar 16, 2018Mar 16, 2018
simon holmes à courtIt’d be wonderful if the claims made about carbon capture were trueThe International Energy Agency warned this week that, under current energy policies, Australia is unlikely to meet its 2030 climate…Feb 16, 2018Feb 16, 2018
simon holmes à courtFrydenberg Factcheck: Is S.A really burning 80,000l of diesel an hour to keep lights on?If you were unlucky enough to catch Josh Frydenberg’s recent ‘car crash’ of an interview, where he tried to spin Australia’s fourth…Jan 22, 2018Jan 22, 2018
simon holmes à courtNSW’s largest windfarm highlights power of community investmentIn the early days of windfarming, carpetbaggers almost ruined it for everyone.Jan 19, 2018Jan 19, 2018
simon holmes à courtA great year for clean energy in Australia ends, while bad news for coal continues | Simon Holmes à…In 20 years we’ll look back on 2017 as a turning point for the climate challenge. It hasn’t been all good news — carbon emissions increased…Dec 30, 2017Dec 30, 2017
simon holmes à courtVestas, CWP get serious about plan to export 3GW wind and solar to AsiaIn November 2009 Prof. Mike Sandiford, the founding director of the newly established Melbourne Energy Institute, wrote a short paper…Nov 30, 2017Nov 30, 2017
simon holmes à courtForget COAG — how durable is Coalition support for the NEG?The ESB’s report on the first-cut NEG modelling predicts:Nov 24, 2017Nov 24, 2017
simon holmes à courtBack to square one in energy policy: we now have a plan to produce a plan | Simon Holmes à CourtA year and a day — that’s how long it took Frydenberg to kill off “Finkel”.Oct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017