China's energy industrial revolution
By John A Mathews and Hao Tan China's energy strategies have attracted a huge amount of attention, precisely because they have been so effective. Chinese energy companies - from global oil and gas...
View ArticleUQ helps plan future power (The University of Queensland)
(Source: The University of Queensland) The University of Queensland will share a $3.3 million CSIRO grant to investigate the most economically efficient energy network for Australia's future....
View ArticleClean-Energy Mandate for Utilities Seen Benefiting Natural Gas
Natural gas, which already is edging aside coal in American electricity generation, would be one of the biggest beneficiaries of a clean-energy mandate for utilities under consideration in Congress...
View ArticleAustralian coal exports: a climate change boomerang (Greenpeace International)
(Source: Greenpeace International) The Australian continent might be about 4,000 km wide from east to west, but even the far west coast cannot escape the winds of Cyclone Rusty and the alarming...
View ArticleWarming to nuclear option
Nuclear power could be the best way to a clean energy future and to mitigate climate change. Photo: Ralph Orlowski Australia's 12th and most recent Nobel prize winner, Professor Brian Schmidt of the...
View ArticleCarbon contradiction clouds coal's future
Policymakers will have to balance the global demand for coal with climate change mitigation. Photo: Heath Wade IT'S a disconnection most policymakers seem loath to confront: global demand for fossil...
View ArticleReform package pushes gas as new energy leader
Awaiting a clean energy future ... Australia's domestic use of fossil fuels is expected to decline in lieu of renewable energies. Photo: Jonathan Carroll AUSTRALIA could become the world's biggest gas...
View ArticleSwitch to fully renewable energy within reach: report
Australia's abundant renewable resources are barely tapped. Photo: Justin McManus Australia's main electricity market could source all of its electricity from renewable energy with the help of a...
View ArticleMethane leaking from coal seam gas field, testing shows
Vast amounts of methane appear to be leaking undetected from Australia's biggest coal seam gas field, according to world-first research that undercuts claims by the gas industry. Testing inside the...
View ArticleRenewable energy sector grows but barriers remain
The Climate Commission's report on the state of the sustainable energy market, titled "The Critical Decade: Generating a renewable Australia," was released as world leaders gathered for global climate...
View ArticleFully renewable electricity could be competitive (UNSW - The University of...
(Source: UNSW - The University of New South Wales) A carbon price of between $50 and $100 per tonne of carbon dioxide would make coal-fired and gas-fired power less economical than renewable...
View ArticleNew study dirties coal seam gas image
Under fire ... debate gathers heat on how clean it is. Photo: Glenn Hunt GREENHOUSE gases are leaking from some US gas drilling sites at up to double the expected amounts, raising questions over the...
View ArticleGas reserves to provide energy for 'a century'
AUSTRALIA is about to enter a ''golden age of gas'' that will last for many decades, the head of the peak oil and gas industry body has declared. Both coal seam gas and liquefied natural gas are...
View ArticleMining gas in NSW is viable if it's controlled
THE transition from coal-based electricity generation to gas-based electricity, which emits less carbon dioxide, has become a fraught issue in NSW. The NSW economy was built over the past 50 years on...
View ArticleCoal seam gas faces tax bill of billions
More methane may actually escape coal seam gas wells than first believed. Photo: Glenn Hunt AUSTRALIA'S coal seam gas industry could face future carbon tax liabilities of up to $4 billion a year if...
View ArticleCSG better for environment than coal, new study finds
PERTH (miningweekly.com) − An independent report commissioned by the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (Appea) states that coal seam gas had up to 87% less greenhouse gas...
View ArticleCoal seam gas industry on a 'knife's edge'
ENVIRONMENTALIST Tim Flannery will warn coal seam gas companies today that their industry rests on a ''knife's edge'' and must be able to resolve pressing issues of water security, greenhouse gas...
View ArticleGas no good to bridge coal and renewables, says study
THE amount of greenhouse gases released by unconventional gas drilling ''exceeds that of oil or coal'', an American study says in contradiction of some claims made by Australia's growing coal-seam gas...
View ArticleReport Finds Renewable Energy is Cheaper Than Gas and Coal in Australia
In the wake of soaring temperatures that made it impossible for some residents in the Australian outback to pump gas, good news is finally coming to the energy market Down Under. A report by Bloomberg...
View ArticleDepartment issues coal seam gas emissions warning
No one knows precisely how much methane leaks from Australia's growing coal seam gas fields, and more research is needed to back up industry claims about greenhouse emissions, a report produced for...
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