Peter Hannam
Peter Hannam covers carbon economy issues ranging from the business of renewable energy and carbon trading to the science of climate change for Fairfax Media.
Super funds 'reckless' in handling climate risks: Hewson
Peter Hannam Super funds have been warned the coming shift to a low-carbon economy will produce a tipping-point much like the sub-prime crisis.
Wholesale power prices set to stabilise as demand ebbs
Peter Hannam The near-term outlook for wholesale power prices is a less volatile one, according to a report by private consultants ROAM.
Payments to cut electricity use prove a powerful idea
Peter Hannam About 300 firms in Western Australia were paid for cutting their power usage for two hours.
Cashing in by turning off as power market switches
Peter Hannam Paying companies to aggregate customers who are willing to curtail power demand at critical times is starting to win favour.
$10b fund prepares to clean up
Peter Hannam Oliver Yates is the new chief executive of the government's Clean Energy Finance Corp.
Call for emissions standards on fossil-fuel power plants
Peter Hannam Australia should immediately introduce carbon emissions performance standards for all fossil-fuelled power stations in a bid to limit the output of the greenhouse gases, according to an environmental...
Californian lessons for Australia's energy plans
Peter Hannam Make consumers central to electricity policy and keep things simple are two key lessons from California's experience of energy programs in the past 35 years of reform, according to one of its former...
Rush on for green fund's $10b
Peter Hannam Oliver Yates, the new chief executive of the government's Clean Energy Finance Corporation, may not have an office yet, but he's already receiving informal proposals for his green fund's $10 billion.
Riding the carbon tiger
Peter Hannam COzero chief executive Nick Armstrong epitomises the boom and bust of carbon trading.
Deutsche Bank joins carbon fray
Peter Hannam Deutsche Bank has become the latest bank to apply to trade in carbon credits.
The energy to change
Peter Hannam DEMAND-SIDE participation is a phrase more familiar to managers of factories than office towers, but that may soon change if electricity-sector reforms take hold.
Don't give up on mining tax, ex-banker says
Peter Hannam Australia should revisit its 'failed experiment' with the mining tax, according to a former investment banker turned green economist.
Revise 'failed' mining tax, former banker says
Peter Hannam Australia should revisit its 'failed experiment' of the mining tax and lift the rate as part of a wider overhaul of its economy, according to a former investment banker turned green economist.
Northern Australia's carbon market potentially vast, report finds
Peter Hannam Tapping the carbon market of northern Australia could provide a valuable new revenue stream for the region - once key obstacles are removed, according to a government report.
Scientists edging closer to creating 'holy grail' of renewable energy world
Peter Hannam Tokelau, the world's first fully renewable energy nation, turns the spotlight on one key link in the energy chain.
Jemena blames politics for smart meter confusion
Peter Hannam One of Victoria's largest network operators has criticised state governments over their handling of the debate about the roll-out of smart meters.
Green fund names ex-Macbanker as head
Peter Hannam The government's new head of its $10 billion green investment bank, Oliver Yates, brings a list of credits to the role, including two decades in banking and the funding of a documentary tracing the...
The answer is blowing in the wind
Peter Hannam Morten Albaek wants to create a new energy enlightenment period.
Tilting towards wind energy
Peter Hannam Australians overwhelmingly want more renewable energy over the next five years and half want their brands to declare the source of their energy.
Redflow looks to recharge investor hopes
Peter Hannam If investor appetite in Redflow were likened to one of the company's potentially revolutionary battery systems, it would be in need of a recharge.
