Author: Rob Parker

Amended 20/7/2021 Introduction Angus Taylor has an inquiry going into dispatchable energy and storage options for electricity production. The terms of reference suggest the need to enable Variable Renewable Energy Sources (VRE) such as wind and solar to be integrated into the National Electricity Market (NEM) in...

From The Australian 18/2/2021 EXCLUSIVE: GREG BROWN COALITION’S CLIMATE PUSH Nationals senators have drafted legislation allowing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in nuclear power as two thirds of Coalition MPs backed lifting the ban on the controversial fuel source to help shift the nation to a...

Nuclear Energy Podcast with 2GB's Luke Grant on Australia Overnight For the same money nuclear energy can deliver power prices at half those of NSW Energy Minister's $32 Billion renewable energy scheme. The renewable energy scheme would deliver only mediocre emissions reductions at about half our existing...

The $32 billion renewables plan for NSW announced by Energy Minister Matt Kean would, if implemented, consign our state to high power prices with only a modest reduction in carbon emissions. If directed to nuclear energy it would fully decarbonise the NSW grid and provide...

Links to two versions of the Presentation to U3A ACT on 27th August 2019 Nuclear and its Role in a Carbon Constrained World U3A Canberra R1 PDF U3A Canberra R1 Power Point    ...