Prof Ray Wills

Prof Ray Wills Managing Director, Future Smart Strategies; Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia
AIE 2026 Energy Professional of the Year

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Try bringing coal-fired power to your village by boat or donkey
#coal owned by companies
#solar belongs to the peeps

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Advertising is the price companies pay for being unoriginal

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Advertising is the price companies for being unoriginal
@toddsampsonOz at RAC Vision 2030 event
 @RACWA
#Perth

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China NEV sales hit year-to-date high in September as export surge offsets domestic decline

https://t.co/bKLUb2A1tC

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Chinese car makers still heavily tied to legacy ICE capacity or slow-to-electrify JVs/SoEs are under the most pressure, while pure-play or well-transitioned Chinese NEV producers are relatively more resilient - though they too face slightly softer domestic NEV volumes

[Brad Setser @Brad_Setser]

Chinese vehicle production is now DOWN about a million cars from its peak late last year ...

Which is remarkable given the scale of China's export boom

1/many

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Enjoying the cool spring weather in #Perth?
It's certainly below average for this time of year
But > 5th percentile, so not cold cold
Actually: look closer
< 5% no longer there
Only 3 data points <5% in last 30+ years🤯
Max temps higher
Min temps, too
https://t.co/gylJzj8DY5

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Did I mention?
18 Sep 2026 in Perth was actually hot, too
Not as hot as the day before
Got a sense of deja vu yet?
It wasn't just another warm spring day
It was actually record breaking hot day
Did you see it reported on the news?
#isithotrightnow
#climatechange

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Keep the temperature down: In an anxious world, we need to make the energy transition work for everyone

The political temperature is rising in many parts of the world

So, too, the Earth's temperature
https://t.co/00scijt0pE

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the Albany Townhall next weekend
https://t.co/4ZVnkXHIXd

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After Metronet, could CountryNet put regional WA back on track?

WA's next transport debate should not be a choice between electric cars and better trains

Regions need both

& a freight system to replace imported diesel with local renewable electricity https://t.co/FeTSMpHmRU

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Is @OECD's Mathias Cormann right on productivity?
Economic reform should lower real costs, improve household affordability & deliver lasting benefits, not just lift outputs
Climate resilience & a fair transition a part of that
https://t.co/x6296QMNR4
The Point @TheAusInstitute

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A link to the YouTube record of the session
The human cost in a fractured world

The costs of climate change cannot be left to future generations - and Australians are already paying for it today

Matt Kean @GlblCtzn #perth

https://t.co/jAxw3C9VGV

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The costs of climate change cannot be left to future generations - and Australians are already paying for it today

Matt Kean @GlblCtzn #perth

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We must bring people with us

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A link to the YouTube record of WA Premier @RogerCookMLA speaking at Global Citizen #Perth
https://t.co/paQLyPLIIe
@GlblCtzn #Perth

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W.A. Premier @RogerCookMLA speaks @GlblCtzn #perth

As the world in 2026 is in the fastest energy transition in human history,

The Premier emphasises Western Austra move towards decarbonisation and to continue being a reliable Global Citizen using our huge renewable resource

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A link to the YouTube record of the session
Clean Energy and Industry Transformation
https://t.co/DArhTS5Lnl
@GlblCtzn #Perth

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In 2026, the world is in the fastest energy transition in human history - let’s make use of that - @ProfRayWills

Clean Energy and Industry Transformation
Stefan Löfven
Dino Otranto
Hon. Amber-Jade Sanderson MLA, Professor Frank Jotzo
Green metal

@GlblCtzn #Perth

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Never waste a good crisis

Certainly don’t wait for the next crisis

Kate Chaney speaking about doing more than just making big rocks into small rocks and stick it on a ship to export overseas
@GlblCtzn #perth

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The living beings depicted are not crossing the road.
The roads cross the places in which they live.
https://t.co/r0xxrn3hQ8
Safety ought be about peeps, not roads🤔
A mobility safety commission 🤯
@RoadSafetyWA
#RoadSafety

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We don't need road safety commissions
We need people safety commissions

Some thoughts here:
https://t.co/LvQ8rY9MyY

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We don't need road safety orgs,
we need people safety orgs
#CarOwnerVirus
https://t.co/ZB5p8wfpk1
@tomflood1

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@sydney_ev Highest in a decade
Has the oil shock ruined your weekend?
https://t.co/Cb8zUxRkAw

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Has the oil shock ruined your weekend?

How Morrison’s scare campaign backfired on Australia

LNP refused to put clean cars on our roads Instead, we're pumping dirty fuel into our tanks

Even worse result in New Zealand, too
https://t.co/lyNqVHjmzN @TheDriven_io

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@DrSimEvans Pesky Chinese and their highly successful pesky zero emissions battery electric vehicles. Sneaky China not making more polluting cars like the Orange Emperor of the USA is mandating.
https://t.co/a5dGTrbKdv

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Western commentators say China has surprised everyone with all these pesky battery electric vehicles they keep making

My June 2018 post below underscores how out of touch they are

Talking with Robert Llewellyn
https://t.co/lTp0GnwsfN

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@imdavidbryan Oh, what great FUD Bryan - divorced from context and reality

Awesome

Renewables way less destructive than legacy fossil fuels

Fossil fuels consume ~15B tonnes annually

Including waste rock, renewables mining footprint > two orders of magnitude lower
https://t.co/Rpt1ITSDCL

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FUD fighter
In swap from fossil fuels to clean tech, total materials demand falls!

Big % change on tiny base on resources previously less used
+ clean tech waste stream valuable, recyclable!

But much bigger falls in stuff we won't need
Compare 8b ton coal, 550m ton oil

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Renewables aren't 'alternative' anymore
Fossil fuels are now clearly just legacy

So replace 'legacy fossil fuel tech' with better, cheaper, more efficient, electrified & #renewables tech, supported by storage

Language important: underwrites our mindset
https://t.co/3lWvcNvM0c

[IRENA @IRENA]

The objective of the #EnergyTransition is not simply to add renewables to existing fossil fuel systems.
The objective is to progressively replace fossil fuel technologies with more efficient, electrified & #renewable-based alternatives. @IRENA’s World Energy Transition Outlook 2026 shows how⤵️
https://t.co/7ZkDBc0w6g

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Whether an attack occurred and whether a suspect is criminally responsible are separate questions

Journalism guidance will describe an event as “alleged” - but the uncertainty concerns who committed it

It happened - no uncertainty Helen Haines was attacked

Get well Helen

[ABC News @abcnews]

#BREAKING Helen Haines now serious but stable in hospital following alleged attack https://t.co/bi1uGTkBHI

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@sydney_ev WARNING: Dad jokes in abundance

But, check out the YouTube

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Australia's oldest Aboriginal rock painting

600 generations ago

17,500-year-old kangaroo in The Kimberley, Western Australia painted at end of last glacial maximum
Sea level 106m lower
The Kimberley coastline 300km to sea (dark green)

https://t.co/12A61sGSXq @ConversationEDU