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OP ED | We Need Overriding Public Interest Test to Break Approval Logjam
The Australian Financial Review
As Climate Energy Finance argues in a new report, the decarbonisation and electrification of the Pilbara should be a national priority. Part of this focus should be investment in common user infrastructure for the electricity grid to enable the rollout of large-scale solar and wind projects, and part should be initiatives such as co-location of solar and wind power with green metals refining to reduce the size of the challenge in expanding the electricity grid in the Pilbara.
The consequences of acting too slowly or inefficiently will be severe. The international competition will be fierce. Brazil, South Africa and other countries can dig and ship their iron ore to countries in the Middle East, where they will use low-cost, zero emissions electricity to convert the crude iron ore into refined green iron.
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OP ED | China’s Early Decarbonisation Holds Lessons for World
The Financial Times (UK)
fDI Intelligence – Powering ahead: China’s huge investment in clean energy manufacturing and installation means it will hit its 2030 decarbonisation targets six years early. China’s global leadership in the energy system’s decarbonisation is nothing short of astonishing. There is a significant chance that the country, which represented 56% of the world’s coal consumption in 2023 according to the Energy Institute, will reach peak coal demand later this year. National carbon emissions will potentially peak and then plateau in lock-step.
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