An analysis of current energy demand in the Pilbara and the need to accelerate electrification and decarbonisation in the region. The report finds that rapid deployment of renewables projects should be a strategic policy and investment priority for industry, government, regulatory and investment stakeholders and provides recommendations for each.

In 2023, approximately 4,000 gigawatt-hours of renewable energy—around 9.3% of utility scale renewable generation — was wasted, or “curtailed”. Much of this energy could be directed to off-peak hot water systems if those systems’ timing could be changed from overnight to daytime peaks. Such a change could provide flexible demand for renewable energy, delivering financial...

This report finds that continued transmission delays are driving up consumer electricity bills for households and businesses, threatening energy reliability and risking emissions reduction targets. The costs of inaction to deliver transmission on time must be considered in policymaking.

Nesta has produced this policy plan to decarbonise home heating that the new UK Government can use from day one. The plan draws extensively on work Nesta has done over recent years, and some of the latest research. The plan aims to help the government decarbonise home heating by laying out policy outcomes, proposed actions...

This article discusses the shortcomings of the energy market and how energy equity would be better achieved through non-market approaches, such as the provision of essential energy for free – labelled as a Basic Energy Right in the essay, and colloquially as a Universal Basic Income for Energy.