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Offshore power generation poses a dilemma for developers
Forum member Mads Prange Kristensen, CEO of KRISCON, explains the challenges facing developers when assessing investments in developing markets. The Developer’s Dilemma involves “deciding how far along the development process they are willing to keep spending money versus the certainty of getting a return on the investment.” Read more
Coalition proposal undercuts Australians to fund expensive nuclear fantasy
Climate Capital Forum is one of 30 organisations who joined in a statement responding to the federal Coalition’s proposal for $100 billion in cuts to housing, transport, education, and climate solutions. Read more
“Community support for renewables isn’t bought, it’s earned”, Squadron boss says
Satya Tanner, Managing Director of LAUTEC Australia features in this article in Energy News Bulletin on winning community support for rolling out renewable energy projects. Read more
To make the move to renewables, get the communities engaged
Satya Tanner, Managing Director LAUTEC Australia and Climate Capital Forum member explains in this opinion piece in Energy News Bulletin how community engagement can facilitate acceptance of renewable energy projects, and how Australia can learn from the history of projects in Denmark. Read more
What Australia can learn from Denmark’s wind farms – interview with Satya Tanner
Satya Tanner, Managing Director, LAUTEC Australia and CCF Member shared her thoughts and experiences of community ownership of renewables infrastructure projects in Denmark on Radio National Breakfast with Patricia Karvelas. Read more
Australia has massive battery opportunity, and it needs to think big and go hard to seize it
Opinion piece from energy leader Danny Kennedy from New Energy Nexus on the opportunity for Australia for invest onshore in battery processing. “Time and again we are faced with this frustrating lack of both vision and understanding of the context, scale and urgency of the task before us. Australia produces over half of the world’s lithium yet retains less than 1% of the profit that lithium eventually delivers in final products of batteries and EVs. Why not invest in manufacturing batteries onshore? It’s a sector ripe for scaling, something we’re told time and again that we can’t do. Why?” Read more
Community benefits can be captured in renewables projects through local content requirements
A coalition including leading union, investor, energy, industry and First Nations peak groups has called on the federal government to embed requirements for locally produced and supplied components into all renewable energy supply chain manufacturing and development to ensure the benefits of the energy transition are returned to local communities, businesses, workers and the Australian domestic economy as a whole. Read more
Investment in local economy as national security
Satya Tanner, CEO Australia LAUTEC, presented on decarbonisation investment as a national security priority at the Smart Energy Council conference in March 2024 Read more
Energy sector calls for community to remain engaged on offshore wind
Climate Capital Forum member Satya Tanner CEO LAUTEC Australia featured in Port Stephens News of the Area news site, on the importance of communities remaining engaged in consultation on offshore wind in Australia. Read more
A circuit breaker to give us clear air on heated wind debate
Climate Capital Forum member and experienced wind energy executive, Naomi Campbell, outlines the extensive feasibility process involved and the opportunity for community engagement. The transition of Australia’s energy system will simply not happen without diversified supply: offshore wind projects are an important component now available for our future energy system. Read more
