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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

Submission to Draft ISP Methodology
Aidan MorrisonApril 14, 2025

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

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...

Submission to Draft 2025 Inputs, Assumptions and Scenarios Report Stage 2
March 31, 2025

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

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...

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...
Why have we fallen for the ‘cheap renewables’ magic tricks?
Aidan MorrisonMarch 17, 2025THE AUSTRALIAN

The jury is in on the government’s power price promise. Instead of a $275 reduction...

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...

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...
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Australia quietly snuck in a shadow carbon price.
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansMay 30, 2024

Earlier this year, the Australian energy ministers quietly introduced a shadow carbon price. We’ve done...

Australia’s Nuclear Future | Chris Uhlmann, Helen Cook, Adi Paterson and Aidan Morrison
Aidan MorrisonMay 10, 2024

Leading organisations in the energy space have taken a single minded approach to the energy...

Energy Transition Masquerade: The $360 Billion You Pay
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansApril 10, 2024

Australians spend millions on solar panels and batteries for their homes every year, subsidised by...

Australia’s Energy Plan: Predicting the weather 20 years in advance!?
Zoe Hilton, Randall EvansMarch 14, 2024

The Albanese government keep telling Australia that an energy system dominated by renewables can be...

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More misinformation from CSIRO on Nuclear
Randall Evans, Zoe HiltonFebruary 8, 2024

CSIRO’s annual GenCost report, in which they collaborate with the Australian Energy Market Operator to...

Submission to Draft 2023-24 GenCost
Aidan MorrisonFebruary 10, 2024CIS
Submission to the Australian Energy Market Operator's Draft 2023-24 GenCost...
Submission to ERC0369 – Improving Workability of the Feedback Loop
Aidan MorrisonFebruary 10, 2024CIS
Submission to ERC0369 – Improving Workability of the Feedback Loop...
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