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ENERGY TRANSITION | Government announces funding plan for Marinus Link
ABC Radio National PM
Tim Buckley: “The critical point here is that the federal government is now working with the states to deliver on key objectives: decarbonisation, reducing the cost of power for all Australians and modernising the grid.”
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ENERGY TRANSITION | As energy costs grow so do the flow-on effects to the elderly and low-income Australians
Canberra Times
Tim Buckley comments that a decrease in energy prices will come from meaningful federal government investment in the grid, “unlocking new zero emissions capacity investment, increasing supply and reducing prices for Australians,” in this story syndicated across the ACM media network.
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What the war in Ukraine means for Asia’s climate goals
Washington Post
Tim Buckley comments in this story on how Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered fossil fuel hyperinflation, as Asia faces a crossroads in its accelerating energy transition.
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Massive missed opportunity: NSW could make $23bn with tiered tax on record coal profits
The Guardian
Tim Buckley notes that a ‘small number of fossil fuel-exporting companies are making windfall gains,’ making the case for a Queensland-style progressive royalties system in NSW.
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Fortescue to spend $6.2bn to curb iron ore emissions
Bloomberg
For Fortescue to meet its target of “real zero” in its operations by 2030 would be “a serious challenge,” Tim Buckley said in an interview with Bloomberg.
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Private owners net millions in sale of ageing NSW coal-fired power station
The Guardian
Tim Buckley labels Delta Electricity’s sale of Hunter power station to Sev.en Global Investments as ‘worst of all outcomes’.
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OP ED | When the finance moves get out of the way: How capital is driving the transition to net zero
The New Daily
Green finance is accelerating globally, and is playing a critical role in achieving climate action at the scale required to solve the climate challenge, as Tim Buckley writes.
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‘Deflationary’ wind farms inflating these stocks
The Australian
The reason behind the rise of renewables in recent years turns out to be as much about economics as it is about decarbonisation, according to Tim Buckley.
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NSW government’s commitment to pumped hydro storage, ABC Illawarra
ABC Radio
The government announced support for five new pumped hydro schemes across the state.
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Government pumps $44m into hydro projects to plug energy gaps
Sydney Morning Herald
Tim Buckley highlights the need for investment in geographically and technologically diverse energy, e.g. solar, wind-pumped hydro and other technologies as climate change and its costs accelerate.
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OP ED | Moving beyond 82% RE by 2030 needs pumped hydro investment now
Renew Economy
Tim Buckley commends NSW commitment to PHS but says that Australia also needs to upscale a range of firming technologies, batteries and grid connectivity.
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The problems with Snowy Hydro
ABC NewsRadio
As energy minister Chris Bowen sacks the CEO of Snowy Hydro 2.0, Tim Buckley on cost blowouts in the scheme and conflict over the use of green hydrogen in the Kurri Kurri power plant.
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