Dethroning king coal

When will coal power plants close in Australia, what forms of electricity generation will replace them, how much will it cost, and who will pay for the transition?

Dethroning king coal

Australian governments should begin planning for a faster-than-expected transition away from thermal coal, according to a new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis.

The dead cat bounce of coal

Recent volatility in global fossil energy markets have been a boon for coal exporters but, in the long term, it will only accelerate the phase-out of coal, as policymakers in importing countries transition to clean domestically produced energy for a range of environmental, economic and security reasons.

Phasing out coal while maintaining energy security

The end of coal-fired generation in Australia is inevitable. The only questions are when coal-fired power stations will close and how well Australia will manage that phasedown.

Asia shuts the door on Australian energy exports

Thermal coal and gas export markets about to rapidly shrink as Asia leads net-zero emission coal and gas exits.

National security should reframe the coal debate

Environmental arguments against coal haven’t worked, so it’s time to mobilise a new argument against Australia’s harmful addiction to fossil fuels – the national security interest.

BlackRock is the canary in the coalmine

The government’s case for doing nothing about climate change has been the “economy-wrecking” costs of serious action, but as investments associated with coal become toxic, inaction will cause even greater economic harm.

Six questions answered on Adani

By approving the Adani’s groundwater management plan on June 13, the Queensland government has given the final green light to the company’s controversial Carmichael coal mine.

Dealing with the dragon

China’s recent disruption of Australian coal exports underlines the country’s need to diversify exports to Indonesia, India and other nations, rather than relying so heavily on just one trading partner.