Australia has set a new record for renewables output for the fifth year in a row, with solar, wind, and hydropower now making up around a third of Australia’s energy mix. It coincides with 2021 being a record year for solar uptake, with more than one in four Australian homes decorated with rooftop solar panels….
Renewables Now Make Up a Third of Australia’s Energy
March 11, 2022
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Australia Given Dire Warning of Climate Change While Fears of Alarmism Grow
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has warned Australians they will need to brace for an increase in hot days, heatwaves, bushfires, droughts, sea-level rise, ocean warming, ocean acidification, and other extreme events, while others fear the conclusion is alarmist, irresponsible, and misleading. Part two of IPCC’s sixth assessment report (pdf) predicted…
Australian Greens Pledge To Pay Coal Workers Billions Amid Energy Transition
If elected, the Australian Greens have promised to support workers with billions of dollars in wage subsidies and new employment opportunities as the lights dim across the nation’s fleet of coal plants. It comes after the shock announcement of the early closure of Australia’s largest coal plant—the Eraring coal-fired power station in New South Wales—which…
Australia’s Biggest Coal-Fired Power Station to Close 7 Years Early, Big Battery Announced
Origin Energy has announced plans to shut down Australia’s biggest coal-fired power station in 2025—seven years earlier than originally scheduled—with plans for the southern hemisphere’s biggest battery to make up part of the loss. Coal powers more than two thirds of the state of New South Wales’ (NSW) energy demand, with the Eraring coal plant…
Biden Energy Policies Added $1,000 to Typical Household’s Costs in 2021: Report
February 15, 2022
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A new analysis by the Heartland Institute reports the typical American family’s home heating and cooling costs increased by as much as $1,000 in 2021 as a result of President Joe Biden’s energy and environmental policies. “The average U.S. household in 2021 spent an extra $600 in higher gasoline costs and $70 in higher electricity…
Demand for Gas in Europe Expected to Decline This Year, Driven by Cheaper Coal: International Energy Agency
Demand for gas across Europe is expected to decline this year, as soaring prices make coal a more competitive option, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday. Last year, European gas consumption increased by an estimated 5.5 percent to 552 billion cubic meters (bcm), despite prices soaring worldwide amid a global supply chain crisis. But in…
World’s Largest Coal Port Unaffected By China’s Trade War
The world’s biggest coal exporting terminal, located in New South Wales (NSW) Australia, has managed to bounce back and break records, despite the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) halting all coal imports from Australia for 18 months. Even with the added impact of a global supply chain crisis and pandemic, the Port of Newcastle saw a…
US Coal Stockpiles Near Historic Lows
January 18, 2022
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The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) latest short-term energy outlook (pdf) reveals that coal inventories in the electric power sector reached 93.7 million short tons as of December 2021—an increase since September when stockpiles hit a historic low not seen since the Carter administration. Isaac Orr, a policy fellow at the Center of the American…
‘No New Coal Plants Should Be Built’: UN Secretary-General to World Economic Forum
January 17, 2022
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In a special address to the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda 2022, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said that “no new coal plants should be built.” “This must be a priority for us all—to phase-out coal,” he said. Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal who also previously led the Socialist International, has served as…
EPA Disapproves Wyoming Coal Plant Plan Despite Signaling Support Under Trump
January 13, 2022
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After more than a year of inaction, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Jan. 12 that it proposes to disapprove the State of Wyoming’s changes to its regional haze plan for PacifiCorp’s Jim Bridger coal power plant, potentially closing down Unit 2 of the facility for a year or more. Yet in an exclusive interview…
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