Wind + Solar is Not the Lowest Cost Way to Net Zero
Australia’s official plan to reach net zero by 2050 is built on the AEMO 'Renewables 2050' roadmap....
12 May, 2025
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Canada’s Darlington SMR
Canada breaks ground on rirst small modular reactor—meanwhile, Australia clutches its legislative pearls ...
12 May, 2025
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Darkness over Iberia
On April 28, 2025, Spain and Portugal suffered one of the most significant grid failures in modern European history. ...
30 April, 2025
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Renewables vs Nuclear for the NEM
‘Average capacity factors’ and unit costs from CSIRO’s GenCost 2023-24 report have been adopted to estimate and compare capex for AEMOs planned ‘renewable energy 2050’ network with an equivalent nuclear energy network....
24 October, 2024
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The Genesis of Shell
In the 1880s the Rothschilds and Nobels were losing their battle with John D Rockefeller for the kerosene market in Europe. Their unlikely saviour was a Jewish merchant from the East End of London. Marcus Samuel transformed the petroleum industry, persuaded the Royal Navy to...
06 September, 2019
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