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Our energy research program investigates possible and proposed energy solutions to address concerns about climate change, focusing on nuclear power and the clean energy transition.

Nuclear FAQ: answers to key questions about nuclear energy

How loss of cheap energy pressures wage system | The Stutchbury Sessions
Michael StutchburyNovember 27, 2025

You can listen to The Stutchbury Sessions on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeartRadio, PlayerFM or listen...

Submission to DCCEEW’s Solar Sharer Offer Consultation Paper 2025-26 
November 24, 2025

What evidence should inform the SSO window (timing and duration), including factors such as wholesale...

CIS Submission to IDSP Directions Paper
November 13, 2025

Question 4: Does the IASR provide the right baseline inputs for the proposed strategic planning...

Submission to AEMC’s Treatment of policies and costs in the ISP Consultation Paper 
November 6, 2025

Question 1: What are your views on AEMO’s current approach to incorporating jurisdictional targets and...

The end of the renewable energy honeymoon | Zoe Hilton
Zoe HiltonOctober 24, 2025

Countries across the globe are adding wind turbines and solar panels to their grid by...

Risky Business. How The Energy Transition Introduces Risks That Raise Retail Costs
Jude BlikOctober 23, 2025AP91

Executive Summary The electricity system in Australia is adjusting to an increase in the overall...

Dead and buried. Why our green hydrogen hope is gone for good
Jude Blik, Aidan MorrisonFebruary 19, 2026AP101

Executive Summary Green hydrogen is often heralded as a cornerstone of Australia’s net zero ambitions,...

Future No Longer Made in Australia: How we lost our low-cost electricity advantage
Zoe Hilton, Michael StutchburyDecember 18, 2025IA154
Trouble has been brewing in Australia’s smelting paradise over the last two decades, as rising...
Politics of Pressure: how government intervention left us short of gas
Grahame CampbellDecember 4, 2025AP96

Introduction Australia’s natural gas sector has transformed dramatically between 1975 and 2025. What began...

Risky Business. How The Energy Transition Introduces Risks That Raise Retail Costs
Jude BlikOctober 23, 2025AP91

Executive Summary The electricity system in Australia is adjusting to an increase in the overall...

The Renewable Energy Honeymoon: starting is easy, the rest is hard
Zoe Hilton, Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonOctober 2, 2025AP89
The belief that Australia can decarbonise its economy by relying on the wind and the...
Notice of Dispute of Transgrid’s RIT-T for Meeting system strength requirements in NSW
August 13, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies submits this Dispute Notice pursuant to Rule 5.16B of the...

Nuclear vs Renewables – which is cheaper?
Zoe HiltonJuly 12, 2024ENERGY NEWS BULLETIN

One of the most common objections to Australia pursuing nuclear power is that it is...

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The Smart Energy Council makes two basic mistakes
Zoe Hilton, Alex BaintonJuly 2, 2024SPECTATOR FLAT WHITE

The Energy Minister has claimed the Coalition’s seven proposed nuclear sites will barely make a...

Energy Minister’s nuclear arguments riddled with errors
Zoe Hilton, Alex BaintonJune 7, 2024THE AUSTRALIAN

Mark Twain famously quipped that “Facts are stubborn things, but statistics are pliable”. Energy Minister...

Bowen’s strategy to reduce bills hides $360 billion in costs by 2050
Zoe HiltonApril 9, 2024SPECTATOR

Chris Bowen’s recently released National Energy Performance Strategy is yet another example of the Energy...

Australia’s renewable energy plan is dead
Zoe HiltonApril 11, 2025

Australia’s energy transition blueprint, the 2024 Integrated System Plan, is officially dead. The coroner’s report...

What Rooftop Solar is Doing to Your Power Bills
Zoe HiltonMarch 26, 2025

Everybody loves rooftop solar. It reduces emissions, supports the grid and lowers electricity bills for...

What’s missing from the CSIRO’s latest GenCost draft | Zoe Hilton
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansDecember 18, 2024

The CSIRO just dropped a new draft of their annual GenCost report which claims renewables...

Is the CSIRO’s coal analysis neutral?
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansDecember 6, 2024

Politicians love telling Australians that renewables are the cheapest form of energy, and none more...

Is Australia building the lowest cost energy system?
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansNovember 26, 2024

Our energy ministers have time and time again promised Australians lower energy bills as a...

Nuclear Energy in Australia: Aidan Morrison vs. Simon Holmes à Court
Aidan Morrison, Chris Keefer, Randall EvansNovember 18, 2024

In this compelling debate, Aidan Morrison from the Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) and Simon...

Submission to Draft 2025-26 GenCost
February 2, 2026

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) appreciates the opportunity to provide a submission to the...

Submission to DCCEEW’s Solar Sharer Offer Consultation Paper 2025-26 
November 24, 2025

What evidence should inform the SSO window (timing and duration), including factors such as wholesale...

CIS Submission to IDSP Directions Paper
November 13, 2025

Question 4: Does the IASR provide the right baseline inputs for the proposed strategic planning...

Submission to AEMC’s Treatment of policies and costs in the ISP Consultation Paper 
November 6, 2025

Question 1: What are your views on AEMO’s current approach to incorporating jurisdictional targets and...

Submission to the Warracknabeal Energy Park Inquiry
September 30, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Warracknabeal Energy...

Submission to Hunter Transmission Project
September 24, 2025

Claims of delivering affordable electricity are unsubstantiated The EIS repeatedly claims the project will “deliver...

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