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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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What if China saved the world and nobody noticed?
Sydney Morning Herald
Tim Buckley: “While China leads the world in coal use, it also leads in wind and solar, EV production, batteries, hydro, nuclear, heat pumps, grid transmission and distribution, green hydrogen – every zero-emissions technology today.”
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This is total greenwash: Santos claims massive Alaska oil project will be carbon neutral
Renew Economy
Tim Buckley says a reliance on carbon offsets to deal with the emissions output of the project is fundamentally flawed.
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Mt Arthur coalmine – BHP fails to find a buyer
ABC TV The Drum
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.
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‘New era of cooperation’ to revamp energy
AAP
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.
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China accelerates its lead in the global energy transition race to decarbonization
CGTN
Tim Buckley’s comprehensive analysis of the rapidly accelerating energy transition in China
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