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

Australia faces a nation-defining moment. Climate change, energy insecurity, technological transformation and geopolitical competition are reshaping the economic and strategic landscape. They can no longer be understood – or governed – in isolation. They demand a more strategic response: one that aligns public institutions and private investment to build the industries that will underpin future prosperity and national resilience. Read more

Tim Buckley, a former investment banker and the director of Climate Energy Finance, said the company was structured so that it wouldn’t pay corporate tax in Australia. “This is a perfect example of why Australia needs new rules that ensure foreign entities have a sensible capital structure,” said Buckley, who advocates for changes that would limit the amount of deductions a business can make to reduce tax. Read more

Bonaparte. Jointly owned by Inpex, Woodside and TotalEnergies, it exists to bury carbon dioxide from Inpex’s polluting Ichthys LNG plant off Darwin. It generates no energy of any kind. Yet federal Industry and Innovation Minister Tim Ayres granted it Major Project Status and folded it into a suite of announcements he called “renewable energy” initiatives. Clean energy analyst Tim Buckley called that framing “a seriously dangerous error,” and he’s right: when a minister can’t or won’t distinguish generating clean renewable power from dumping a gas plant’s pollution under the ocean. This is what carbon capture of government looks like. Read more