Energy, world
August 07, 2024
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A Nobel laureate will head an interim government in Bangladesh after unrest ousted Sheikh Hasina

Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus will be the chief adviser of Bangladesh’s interim government after former prime minister Sheikh Hasina stepped down and fled the country amid a mass uprising against her rule. Mr Yunus was appointed to the post by Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin after he held meetings with student leaders and chiefs of the […]

Energy
May 27, 2024
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Australia’s ultra low cost solar goal could change everything about the grid

The CSIRO GenCost report released last week has predictably, if regrettably, sparked a new polemic about the cost of generation technologies, with the critics mostly in the nuclear camp not liking the country’s main scientific research agency pointing out that nuclear is, in fact, really expensive. Nuclear’s high cost is news to no one in the energy industry […]

Energy
May 09, 2024
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Australia announces new plan for net zero: Extract gas ‘to 2050 and beyond’

The Australian government will ramp up gas projects to meet surging demand and support a transition to net zero by 2050. It also revealed that extractions will likely continue beyond that date. In announcing Australia’s Future Gas Strategy, Minister for Resources and Northern Australia Madeleine King said “gas will remain an important source of energy […]