Tim Buckley talks to ABC Illawarra about the surge to 73.6% renewables in Australia’s grid in early October, and what we need to do to drive higher renewables penetration to permanently slash power bills Read more

Tim Buckley comments on the record 73.6% renewables in the NEM last week, noting this is significant but more work is needed on CER and batteries to ensure we grasp our clean energy future – slashing energy bills for households and business Read more

Tim Buckley said the partnership between Australia’s SunDrive and leading Chinese solar panel manufacturer Trina is a strong positive for the federal government’s Solar Sunshot program and broader Future Made in Australia strategy. Read more

Tim Buckley says the partnership of leading Australian solar start-up SunDrive with China’s Trina solar is a great opportunity for the Australian industry to benefit from China’s clean energy nous to accelerate decarbonisation. Read more

Tim details CEF’s new report on the $100bn plus in cleantech capital China is investing around the world into solar, wind, EVs, batteries and more, including what Australia needs to go to attract this capital to speed our energy transition. Read more

Tim Buckley responds to the IEA Renewables 2024 report: “Thanks largely to China, we now have the global cleantech manufacturing capacity to accelerate deployments of renewables significantly to achieve the goal set at last year’s UN Climate Conference to treble renewables to 2030. The massive deflation of prices for renewables technologies and the drive for energy security both favour accelerating investment as the world looks to mitigate the escalating climate crisis of climate change.” Read more

As John Hewson and Tim Buckley write, i the one-page nuclear policy pamphlet the LNP released in June, federal opposition leader Peter Dutton states that “of the world’s 20 largest economies, Australia is the only one not using nuclear energy, or moving towards using it.” Even this claim lacks credibility and relies on half-truths – so no wonder Dutton and his nuclear-spuiking sidekick Ted O’Brien are failing to get buy-in on their delusion from those in their own party, let alone most experts. Read more

Tim Buckley details CEF”s new report, ‘Green capital tsunami: China’s >$100 billion outbound cleantech investment since 2023 turbocharges global energy transition’. He notes if Australia is to enjoy the benefits of the billions China’s cleantech leaders are investing into solar, wind, batteries, EVs etc across the globe, speeding global decarbonisation, it must embrace and welcome partnership and maintain positive bilateral relations. Read more

Australia China Business Council chair David Olsson reflects on CEF’s new Green Capital Tsunami report, which tracks $100bn since 2023 in foreign investment by Chinese firms in sun, wind, EVs, batteries and other cleantech around the world, noting that Australia has untold potential to partner with China and attract investment from the world’s cleantech superpower – if we get the foreign investment rules right. Read more

Tim Buckley accurately predicts no new details in costings or any other aspect of the LNP’s nuclear ‘policy’ were revealed in Peter Dutton’s speech to CEDA the day after this interview. The LNP nuclear thought bubble remains unviable – too costly, impractical and decades too late for Australian decabonisation. Read more

As Tim Buckley and AM Jonson write the record high of low-cost wind and solar in the grid comes as we are still waiting for the Coalition’s budget projections on its plan to nationalise the eye-watering cost of seven nuclear plants. Read more

Tim Buckley at the AFR Asia Summit alongside Foreign Minister Wong and former PM Kevin Rudd said that Australia should embrace the decarbonisation opportunity that would come from a more open stance towards Chinese investment. “It’s critical Australia actually double down and work and enhance and partner with China because if not, they will go elsewhere,” he said. “At the moment, I don’t think that message is coming through loud and clear. We don’t know what the rules, or China doesn’t know what the rules are, for when they do invest here.” Read more