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Chris Bowen’s bold and sudden movement on climate sent the Coalition clutching at its pearls

The Guardian: Energy

The existential battle against global heating requires connecting science, politics and community life, often much harder than it looks Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A lot of the time, politics feels incremental. But every now and again, a big thing happens suddenly.

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Pro-nuclear MP says Labor ‘weaponising’ CSIRO report showing renewables are cheapest

The Guardian: Energy

This prompted the climate change minister, Chris Bowen, to say the opposition’s crusade for a nuclear option was not viable. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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Whatever your politics, Chris Skidmore’s resignation will be a loss to the climate cause – here’s why

Terra Infirma

The big climate news in the UK last week was the sudden resignation of Chris Skidmore MP, one time Energy Minister, in protest at PM Rishi Sunak’s decision to start issuing annual oil and gas licences for the North Sea. Sometimes people you fundamentally disagree with do very good things. His conclusion? Go further, faster.

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‘Tell him he’s dreaming’: Bowen rubbishes Coalition claim Australia could have nuclear power in a decade

The Guardian: Energy

Energy minister says average build time for a nuclear plant in US is 19 years and giving up on renewables would be a ‘massive economic own goal’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The federal energy minister, Chris Bowen, has dismissed Coalition MP Ted O’Brien’s (..)

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Albanese government to rapidly expand investment scheme for clean energy projects

The Guardian: Energy

The climate change and energy minister, Chris Bowen, will confirm the expansion of the capacity investment scheme on Thursday after officials advised the government further intervention was needed to meet the electricity target and firm the grid as ageing coal plants retire.

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Energy Insiders Podcast: Bowen’s capacity scheme, and NSW’s “free” batteries

Renew Economy

Brad Hopkins, from AEMO Services, discusses the successful battery storage tender in NSW that could serve as a blueprint for Chris Bowen's massive 32 GW capacity scheme. The post Energy Insiders Podcast: Bowen’s capacity scheme, and NSW’s “free” batteries appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Industry and states welcome Albanese government’s plan to jump-start stalled renewables investment

The Guardian: Energy

The energy minister, Chris Bowen, revealed a capacity investment scheme originally aimed to support 6GW of batteries and other storage would be expanded to 32GW. The energy minister, Chris Bowen, revealed a capacity investment scheme originally aimed to support 6GW of batteries and other storage would be expanded to 32GW.