Tag: Australia renewables

Commentary Signed bits of paper abound at international conferences. Serious-looking leaders signing their names to documents that would never pass the examination of a first-year law student abound. Statements of intent, flowing phrases, and wonderful words, which at the end of the day are neither enforceable nor meaningful, tend to go from headline to dustbin with great rapidity. Time will ...

Nuclear is not on the table as an option to add to Australia’s energy mix amid a push for net-zero due to the huge initial costs, the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, has said. As Australia lacks existing nuclear infrastructure due to its nuclear ban since 1998, the costs required to set up an industry from scratch ...