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1 online resource : illustrations |
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Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Setting the Scene -- The story so far -- Power and energy -- Shaping the Electric Age -- Trillions -- The Sydney Energy Forum -- The clean energy supply chain -- Global energy security -- Electrostates and the Electric Age -- 2. Energy Transition Materials: Mining and Refining -- Group 1: traditional metals -- Group 2: battery minerals -- Group 3: rare earth elements -- Group 4: solar-panel materials -- Group 5: hydrogen metals -- Ethics and social licence |
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3. Energy Transition Materials: Minimising Future Demand -- Recycling and re-use -- Innovation to reduce demand -- Stockpiling -- Innovation in mining -- 4. Renewable Electricity -- Magic that works -- Solar power -- Wind power -- Nuclear power -- Hydropower -- Natural-gas-fired electricity -- 5. Firming: Unlocking the Full Potential of Renewables -- Storage -- Firming using dispatchable low-emissions sources -- Capacity mechanisms and capacity markets -- Overbuilding -- Firming using system design -- Efficiency -- 6. Shipping Sunshine: Green Hydrogen -- Same movie, or a sequel? |
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Hydrogen production -- Guarantee of origin -- Hydrogen storage -- Domestic distribution logistics -- Myth busting -- Use it where you make it -- Green iron -- Green ammonia -- Green fertiliser -- Renewable diesel -- Sustainable aviation fuel from biomass -- Solar kerosene -- Direct air capture of carbon dioxide -- Green cement -- Naysayers -- Progress -- 7. Getting the Policy Settings Right -- Carrots vs sticks -- Sticks -- Carrots -- Deglobalisation -- Well-functioning markets -- The moral dilemma of coal exports -- The developing-world dilemma -- Interest rates -- Offshoring |
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Closure of coal-fired electricity plants -- ESG: environmental, social and governance standards -- Carbon credits and offsets -- Credibility is variable -- Individual consumer behaviour -- Energy equity -- Re-skilling -- Regulatory reform -- 8. Opportunities for Australia -- Mining and refining -- Shipping sunshine -- Electrolyser manufacturing -- Other manufacturing opportunities -- Decarbonised products -- Credible carbon-offset exports -- Risks -- Conclusion -- Best of times, worst of times -- The rise of subsidies -- Electricity is magic -- From petrostates to electrostates |
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Investment, not divestment -- Dealing with the deficit -- Release the parking brake -- Australia -- the lucky country -- Acknowledgements -- Endnotes -- Back Cover |
| Summary |
Former chief scientist Alan Finkel shares his compelling insights and expertise and makes the case for Australia leading the way in the global transition to clean energy. The clean energy transition is humanity's biggest ever economic challenge. In Powering Up, former Australian chief scientist Alan Finkel shows how to remove the barriers that prevent nations transforming from petrostate to electrostate. Finkel considers the entire supply chain, from raw materials through power infrastructure, the workforce, transportation and household customers. He reveals the outlines of a new geo-economic order and explains in persuasive, practical terms how we can get there. If governments, investors, industry and consumers get this right over the next three decades, history will judge us as the generation who ushered in the Electric Age and helped to save the planet. The world will be transformed - with Australia, if we seize the opportunity, as a global leader |
| Notes |
Online resource: title from READ title page (OverDrive, viewed June 21, 2023) |
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Clean energy -- Australia
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Clean energy -- Government policy -- Australia
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Clean energy industries -- Australia -- Management
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Clean energy industries -- Australia -- Finance
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Clean energy
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Clean energy industries -- Finance
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Australia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781743823071 |
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174382307X |
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