We conduct public interest financial analysis on the most profound economic transformation since the industrial revolution: the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy.

The war had reinforced the need for energy independence and could drive strong growth in electrification and decarbonisation this year, said Tim Buckley, director of the Climate Energy Finance think tank in Sydney. “I would expect a surge in China’s battery and electric vehicle exports,” he added Read more

“Australia is [not] producing anywhere near enough of our own oil or diesel to actually sustain our economy. So I find it absolutely hypocritical … that the party of ‘small government’ is advocating for massive ongoing taxpayer subsidies to invest in new white elephants that would take at least a decade to be built,” Buckley says. “They do nothing for Australian energy security in the next decade, at a time when [electric vehicle] technology and battery technology is probably the most profound disruption globally in 2026 and we could be replacing $50 billion a year of annual diesel and oil imports with home grown, clean, low cost, deflationary Australian energy.” Read more

Investor Front Door was launched in September last year, aiming to streamline the approvals process and fast-track projects of national significance. Tim Buckley, director of Climate Energy Finance (CEF), told Carbon Pulse he was supportive of the initiative and hoped that it became permanent, noting “it’s taking a long time to get from announcement to substance”. “We’ve got to move at double the speed” to decarbonise, he said. Read more