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In his talk, Tim highlighted China’s accelerating leadership in the global cleantech sector, with a record-breaking US$2.1 trillion invested worldwide in 2024, up 11% year-on-year. He emphasized China’s dominance across the entire cleantech value chain—from manufacturing and R&D to domestic deployment, exports, and US$155 billion in outbound foreign direct investment (OFDI) since 2023. Tim noted that China continues to lead in firmed renewable energy, adding an impressive 50GW of capacity in the first two months of 2025 alone. The rapid rise of New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) and battery energy storage systems (BESS) further underscores this momentum. Read more

CEF’s submission to Senate Economics Legislation Committee Inquiry into The Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credits and Other Measures) Bill 2024 [Provisions]. The submission was written by CEF’s Matt Pollard. CEF has published the submission following the public release by the Senate on 13 January 2025. Read more

On 18 December 2024, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Finance Minister Kety Gallagher released the Albanese Government’s 2024-25 Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO). This comes after the 2024-25 budget, released in May, announced $21bn in new funding initiatives under the landmark Future Made in Australia (FMIA) framework. Read more

Tim Buckley takes a macro look at the global geopolitical energy landscape Read more

Tim Buckley presents to South32 on energy system transformation including China’s incredible leadership. Read more

Tim Buckley presents a Macquarie Research Investor Briefing on China’s astonishing cleantech outbound investment Read more

Tim Buckley’s presentation to the AustCham FIT Industry Forum on global decarbonisation. Read more

Tim Buckley’s presentation to the annual ARCCC conference. Read more

CEF’s news report shows that a green capital tsunami of investments from China into cleantech around the world is speeding decarbonisation, but Australia, with its opaque foreign investment regime, is missing out, as investment hit a multidecade low last year, forgoing its massive opportunity to co-invest with China in clean energy-powered onshore value-adding, including green iron. Read more

The iron ore slump means Australia must pivot at speed and scale to its immense opportunities in green iron, which requires action on decarbonisation. BHP, we’re looking at you. Read more

An analysis of current energy demand in the Pilbara, and the need for common user electricity infrastructure to accelerate electrification and decarbonisation at speed and scale, leveraging Australia’s opportunity to lead globally on zero-emissions value-added industries of the future. Read more

Tim Buckley presents at the SEC’s Renewables, Storage and Generation summit  Read more