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Tim Buckley on the massive upscaling of investment needed in wind, solar, the grid and storage to realise AEMO’s 30 year roadmap: “The key message for consumers is that this is an investment that will drive lower power bills permanently”. Read more

In this extended interview, Tim Buckley details what needs to be in place to deliver the Australian Energy Market Operators 30 year $12bn plan to decarbonise Australia’s energy system. Read more

While China has been increasing coal production as President Xi Jinping prioritises a stable economy over climate change targets, Tim Buckley said this was expected to peak next year as it invested heavily in renewables. Read more

Tim Buckley on the causes and solutions of the energy crisis in this extended interview: “We have a budget, energy and climate crisis. We need permanent solutions at scale, we need to flood the market with cheap new capacity as fast as we can – wind, solar, rooftop solar – batteries, energy efficiency. And we need to make the fossil fuel producers pay tax. On policy, we’ve had a decade of stupid. Let’s not do more stupid.” Read more

Tim Buckley interviewed on BHP’s inability to find a buyer to offload its huge Hunter Valley Mt Arthur coal mine, the $1-1.5bn rehabilitation costs for the toxic mine site, and the federal LNP’s government’s failure to support investment in the renewable energy future. Read more

Tim Buckley interviewed about the energy crisis that has landed in the lap of the new federal ALP government after a decade of federal LNP government policy paralysis. Read more

Tim Buckley notes that the unreliability of ageing coal-fired power plants, and the multinational fossil gas cartel’s regulatory capture and control of eastern Australian gas supplies have helped create a perfect storm for eastern states’ energy markets. Read more

Tim Buckley says we need to reserve gas for Australians and impose a windfall tax on fossil fuel multinationals in this interview across the national Triple M network. Read more

Tim Buckley,: “East Australia’s energy market worked fine until 2015 when 5-6 gas firms opened Gladstone LNG exports. A regulatory failure to protect our domestic market first now sees those firms making supernormal profits and 22 million of us paying the price.” Read more

Tim Buckley notes Labor was elected with a clear climate and energy mandate, including 82% renewables by 2030 and a fully costed $20bn Rewiring the Nation roadmap in this AAP story published in over 100 mastheads. Read more

Tim Buckley’s analysis of the crisis gripping eastern Australia’s energy markets for David Koch’s specialist business TV channel Read more