John Merchant

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[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

I made https://t.co/Dgt30tpLVN so you can check how a spot price plan like Amber would’ve worked for your home over the last 365 days on the NEM.

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

@stillreezy @ak_pennington @JoshBBornstein @ETU_national @McKellInstitute @FinancialReview Don’t know much about it but it doesn’t sound ideal

https://t.co/q8asZ08bfh

[Alison Pennington @ak_pennington]

Australian industry cannot get power at the price, scale or horizon it needs to remain globally competitive. Public sector must solve this. Great coverage of @ETU_national @McKellInstitute proposal to establish Sovereign Power in @FinancialReview #auspol

https://t.co/H9rmZW58A8

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

@MMattamous @ausstockchick Why

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

They have likely been advised that if they want to keep selling their cars here they will need to assemble them onshore with chips sourced from Korea Taiwan etc @MarkPlackett1

[that stock chick @ausstockchick]

BYD open to manufacturing cars in Australia.

#ausbiz

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

@ausstockchick They have likely been told if they want to keep selling their cars here they will need to assemble them onshore with chips sourced from Korea Taiwan etc

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@DryFarmer24 @James_on_Mars @EnergyWrapAU How many petajoules of gas do turbines produce?

[Financial Review @FinancialReview]

A major union wants the federal government to nationalise a big chunk of Australia’s energy grid to save heavy industrial businesses from collapse. https://t.co/361XtQakEN

[National Press Club @PressClubAust]

YESTERDAY: Michael Wright, Secretary of the Electrical Trades Union of Australia & Alison Pennington, Chief Economist at the McKell Institute Addressed the National Press Club on "Powering Australia’s Future".

Watch the replay on ABC iview.

Fernanda Pedroso Photography

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

@MarkPlackett1 @markasked @DavidPocock Makes the data sovereignty case for non US investment stronger

[Rob Grieves 🇦🇺 @RobGrieves]

The full May EV sales figures for Australia are in. EV sales claim a 20% market share, breaking the previous month's record of 16.4%!

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

@LiebreichAssoc @MLiebreich @PressClubAust You talked in great detail about green hydrogen and then one of the journalists asked why you didn’t mention green hydrogen… 🤨

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@MLiebreich @dbinthed @hmike01 Yep doesn’t make a lot of sense to run your cement plant on hydrogen while the product and inputs are being trucked by diesel

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

@Mark_Graph Categorically different crises, the modern market is globalised and integrated, WWII was physical supply loss, present day we are hit by shocks via price signals.

With electricity it’s the last kWh that sets the price, during the Ukraine shock it was gas and now it’s batteries.

[pv magazine Australia @pvmagazineoz]

Recharge Power and Energy Decarb launch JV targeting Australia’s solar and battery market: Taiwan-based renewables developer Recharge Power has entered the Australian market, teaming with Queensland-headquartered… https://t.co/4MsEgB4IrL #BatteryStorage #Australia #PVProjects

[EVCircles @EVCircles]

Toyota and Mazda sales collapsed in May. Toyota down 30.7%, Mazda down 27.4%. Neither has much to offer by way of EVs.

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

@Mark_Graph Worst energy crisis in history and benchmark power prices dropped, might be something to that

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@SkullSpeedDeal Computah add pride month livery

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@sdipietr @AngusTaylorMP Water is wet

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@MarkPlackett1 You create demand for net zero steel with CBAM and carbon tax, pretty simple

[John Merchant @_JohnMerchant]

Listen to 32:03 then 44:03

The absolute state of “journalism” in this country.

They really believe it’s such a gotcha too.

@MarkPlackett1

[National Press Club @PressClubAust]

YESTERDAY: Michael Liebreich, Co-Managing Partner of EcoPragma Capital and CEO of Liebreich Associates, Addressed the National Press Club on "Whatever the question, clean energy is the answer".

Watch the replay on ABC iview or on the National Press Club of Australia YouTube channel.

Link in Bio.

Fernanda Pedroso Photography