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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.

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SYD | The role of nuclear in Australia’s clean energy mix
Tracy Primeau, Aidan MorrisonFebruary 24, 2025
Join us in Sydney on April 1 for a lunchtime talk on nuclear energy’s role...
CBR | The role of nuclear in Australia’s clean energy mix
Tracy Primeau, Aidan MorrisonFebruary 20, 2025
Join us in Canberra on April 2 for an evening talk on nuclear energy’s role...
Submission to NEM Review Panel
Aidan MorrisonFebruary 14, 2025CIS

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) appreciates the opportunity to provide input into the Initial...

Submission to Draft 2025 IASR Stage 1
Aidan MorrisonFebruary 11, 2025

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

Submission to Draft 2024-25 GenCost
February 4, 2025

  Summary of Key Recommendations Update large-scale nuclear estimates to reflect realistic capacity factor and...

Submission to NSW Legislative Council Inquiry into Impact of Renewable Energy Zones (REZ) on rural and regional communities and industries in New South Wales
January 30, 2025

The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) welcomes the opportunity to make a submission to the...

Rooftop solar: paradise lost
Zoe Hilton, Michael Wu , Aidan MorrisonMarch 24, 2025AP80
Rooftop solar has been lauded by energy market bodies, policymakers, the media and environmental groups...
Counting the Cost: Subsidies For Renewable Energy
Michael Wu June 6, 2024AP70
This paper quantifies the federal government subsidies to the renewables industry over 10 years to...
Impact of a Shadow Carbon Price on our Electricity Bills
Michael Wu , Aidan Morrison, Alex Bainton, Zoe HiltonMay 9, 2024AP68
This paper estimates that including VER as a class of market benefit could enable the...
The six fundamental flaws underpinning the energy transition
Zoe Hilton, Aidan Morrison, Alex Bainton, Michael Wu May 2, 2024AP67
This paper focuses on the question of how Australians have been led to believe two...
How to Build Low-Cost Nuclear: Lessons from the world
Aidan MorrisonApril 11, 2024AP65
In practice, the cost of nuclear energy depends on policy choices about how a nuclear...
Eraring’s extension puts fresh focus on NSW reliability planning
Zoe HiltonJanuary 23, 2026ENERGYNEWS BULLETIN
Eraring’s recently announced extension until 2029 has highlighted the absurdity of two key government decisions...
Eraring extension exposes Bowen’s credibility gap on renewables
Aidan MorrisonJanuary 21, 2026AUSTRALIAN FINANCIAL REVIEW

Those still clinging to the claim that renewable energy is cheapest will look back at...

Tomago smelter deal will force taxpayers to pay twice for ‘failed’ energy policy
Zoe HiltonDecember 15, 2025DAILY TELEGRAPH
Tomago aluminium smelter’s latest subsidy deal represents a desperate attempt by the federal government to...
The renewables honeymoon is over
Zoe HiltonOctober 9, 2025Energynewsbulletin

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has once again claimed “renewables are the cheapest form of energy”...

Why the renewables romance could be headed for divorce
Michael StutchburyOctober 7, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
It was always going to be a massive task to decarbonise Australia’s fossil fuel intensive...
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Energy targets need a pinch of reality dust
Aidan MorrisonSeptember 25, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN
When Peter Pan pointed through the nursery window and said “second star to the right...
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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