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Energy price increases have been scheduled for every state of Australia. In Queensland the situation is so bad that that state no longer produces enough baseload electricity.[read more]
Will Flooding in Queensland Australia Increase My Power Bill in Virginia?
(Source: Weekly highlight from Platts Energy Week for February 6, 2011.) Coal is already a global market, but the opportunities for high profits through exports are on the rise. The recent torrential rainfall and tragic flooding in Queensland, Australia caused a significant amount of damage to both the mining and transportation...[read more]
Hottest year ends with Australian floods covering an area “the size of France and Germany combined”
3-month rainfall totals for Queensland (1200 mm = 4 feet) One of the most basic predictions of climate science is that global warming will cause more intense precipitation. As Dr. Kevin Trenberth, head of the Climate Analysis Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, explained it, “there is a systematic...[read more]
Coal giants and gas firms set for clash
The Australian has an article on the looming clash between coal miners and coal seam gas producers in Queensland - Coal giants and gas firms set for clash THE massive ramp-up planned in Queensland coal seam gas production to feed Gladstone liquefied natural gas plants could face delays as key players look to develop acreage the state's...[read more]
Coal seam gas: And Industry whose time has come ?
The FT has an article on Australia's fledgling coal seam gas export industry - Coal-bed methane: Industry whose time has come?.Converting coal-bed methane into liquefied natural gas is a fledgling industry but one that has attracted heavyweight oil and gas groups to the Australian state of Queensland.Royal Dutch Shell, ConocoPhillips of...[read more]
"Clean-coal" power part of Galilee coal mining plan
The Australian has a report on a large scale plan for coal mining in Queensland's Galillee basin, with a "clean coal" power plant touted as part of the proposal (technology and dumping ground for the CO2 still to be determined of course) - Clean-coal power in giant Galilee plan.THE giant Galilee coal project proposed by billionaire...[read more]
Queensland set to become solar powerbase ?
The Brisbane Times reports the Queensland State government is talking about building a reasonably large solar thermal power plant in northern Queensland, with a less than ambitious timetable of 2020 - Queensland set to become solar powerbase.An oversight by the State Government may jeopardise its plans to develop a source of clean,...[read more]
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