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Climate Energy Finance (CEF) is a think tank established in 2022 that works probono in the public interest to accelerate decarbonisation. We conduct research and analyses on global financial issues related to the global energy transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, as well as the implications for the Australian economy, with a key focus on the threats and opportunities for Australian investments and exports. Read more
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The Whyalla Steelworks subsidy folly comes to an end. For now.
Michael West Media
Climate Energy Finance director Tim Buckley told MWM, “Putting bandaids on an antiquated, beyond end-of-life facility degraded for almost a decade under the watch of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance has proven to be simply a waste of taxpayer funds.” Buckley says there is still hope, though. “The future for Whyalla lies in an electric arc furnace (EAF) using electricity powered by renewables to produce steel at a fraction of the emissions of coal-fired blast furnaces, and developing the state’s valuable magnetite iron ore resources.” Read more
Administrators call time on Whyalla Steelworks’ coal furnace “delusion,” hundreds of jobs to go
Renew Economy
“South Australia could be well underway on planning for this, and progressing to a final investment decision and into construction on an EAF as a no-regrets first step,” Climate Energy Finance director Tim Buckley said on Monday. “Putting bandaids on an antiquated, beyond end-of-life facility degraded for almost a decade under the watch of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance has proven to be simply a waste of taxpayer funds, a delusion that kicked the can down the road and deferred making hard and timely decisions in the best interests of the workforce, the community and taxpayers,” Buckley said. Read more
Australia’s largest proposed data centre could draw a quarter of Queensland’s energy use
ABC Queensland
Climate Finance Energy director Tim Buckley said the increase in power demand would need to be matched by investments into new energy generation, which could transform the regional and rural areas. “The beauty of the land grab in the data centre gold rush that’s underway right now is that capital is pouring in,” Mr Buckley said. Read more
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