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GUEST CONTRIBUTION: Presentation to Australian Alliance for Energy Productivity (A2EP) conference, 19 October 2022, Nicolette Boele
Guest contributor Nicolette Boele, Smart Energy Council Expert Adviser, Electrification of Everything, and Shadow Representative for the federal seat of Bradfield, NSW, shares her insights on the key factors needed to drive the energy transition at the scale and pace required and in a way that leaves no one behind. Read more
ANALYSIS | State and federal support key to Australia becoming a critical minerals super power
In #6 in CEF’s series on critical minerals, Matt Pollard and Tim Buckley review key Australian public financial capital initiatives and their role in accelerating Australia’s critical mineral supply chain value-adding projects, with a focus on key examples. Read more
COMMENT | International Energy Agency’s World Energy Outlook 2022
The IEA released its flagship annual World Energy Outlook this afternoon AEDT against the backdrop of intersecting energy and climate crises. The WEO provides critical analysis and insights on trends in energy demand and supply. Here are CEF’s key takeouts. Read more
PRESENTATION | Energy Transition: Lithium, rare earths and other minerals – mining and value adding in Australia
Tim Buckley addresses Engineers Australia on the emerging critical minerals mining and refining boom in the context of the accelerating global energy transition. Read more
ANALYSIS | Federal budget: Substantial progress on energy transition, but fossil fuel tax reform a serious omission
The budget is pragmatic and aligned with the government’s positive energy transition commitments. However, the absence of any meaningful fossil fuel tax reform is a major omission. Read more
ANALYSIS | Australia’s mammoth renewable minerals opportunity – and how to harness it
As Tim Buckley and Matt Pollard discuss below in paper #5 in CEF’s series on critical minerals, Australia’s allies have demonstrated the growing use of federal support in accelerating private capital inflows to scale and diversify their supply chains around critical minerals, as Australia steps up to the opportunity via its new National Critical Minerals Strategy. Read more
ANALYSIS | Green hydrogen momentum is building, but is a decade from commercialisation
As Tim Buckley writes, hydrogen has great potential in our decarbonisation pathway, but absent massive subsidies, commercial viability is a decade away, and we need to beware the hype. Read more
CEF NEWS UPDATE | A transformative week in Australia’s energy transition
IN this update, we track a transformative period in Australian energy policy with the federal government announcing the first tranche of its $20bn Rewiring the Nation plan and major advances in Victoria and QLD Read more
ANALYSIS | When critical minerals and decarbonisation collide: eight newer value-add refining proposals in Australia & NZ
In this note, paper #4 in our series on critical minerals posted here, CEF’s Tim Buckley and Matthew Pollard review eight newer value-add refining proposals across Australia and NZ to illustrate that capital flows to green energy are accelerating: rare earths, hydrogen electrolysers and green ammonia, vanadium, lithium hydroxide, nickel and cobalt, and value-added downstream battery developments. Read more
ANALYSIS | India’s Electricity Sector Transformation Continues to Gather Pace
Newly released figures from India’s Central Electricity Authority (CEA) demonstrate the shift towards zero emissions generation, with 100% of net new capacity adds in the first half of FY2022/23 being variable renewable energy (VRE) at 98% and hydro-electricity at 2%. Read more
Master Class: The maths of energy investment – Energy transition momentum is building
Tim Buckley’s presentation to PWC and the YPO (Young Professionals’ Organisation) Read more
REPORT | India’s Renewable Energy Journey: Short-Term Hiccups but Long-Term Trajectory Intact
IEEFA and CEF believe the long-term trajectory for renewable energy in India is still intact, even though recent global events […] Read more