Comment
A selection of articles and speeches prepared 2004-2010
The nation is searching for fuel alternatives as we run out of crude By Keith Orchison (The Weekend Australian Weekend Professional report 12-13 June 2010)
Renewables push to boost jobs (Increased investment in the energy sector will lead to renewed demand for related skills, writes Keith Orchison, The Weekend Australian, 1 February 2009)
Shedding people for short-term survival is ignoring the needs of the future (By Keith Orchison, published in The Weekend Australian, 7-8 February 2009)
Grappling with an unprecedented time of complexity, change and uncertainty in the energy industry (Delivered by Keith Orchison to a Deloitte client lunch in Adelaide on 17 Februay 2009)
Rees must take power seriously
(Commentary by Keith Orchison, published on Business Spectator website, 9 September 2008.)
Business cannot ignore carbon
Companies failing to adapt to carbon trading will be left behind in the economy of the future, writes Keith Orchison (published in The Weekend Australian 28-29 June 2008)
Action plan sets us up for a fall
Ross Garnaut's moderate emissions targets are still problematical, writes Keith Orchison (published in The Australian, 8 September)
Emissions control may cost billions before 2050
(By Keith Orchison, published in The Weekend Australian, 28-29 June 2008)
Sun's power proves elusive
Harnessing sunlight has so much promise, but has yet to deliver, writes Keith Orchison (published in The Weekend Australian, 28-29 June 2008)
Wind doing well, but not without hurdles
By Keith Orchison (published in The Weekend Australian, 28-29 June 2008)
Diversity of supply demanding billions
By Keith Orchison
(Published in The Weekend Australian, 10-11 May 2008)
Being green is tough when nuclear looks NZ's solution
By Keith Orchison
(Published in The Weekend Australian, 10-11 May 2008)
Worry grows over carbon trade flow-on
By Keith Orchison
(Published in The Weekend Australian, 10-11 May 2008)
Water enters coal-fired power station debate
By Keith Orchison
(Published in The Weekend Australian, 1-2 March 2008)
National electricity market performance
New South Wales Energy Outlook Conference
Talk by Keith Orchison,
Director, Coolibah Pty Ltd
27 February 2008
Wind power waiting for incentives
By Keith Orchison
(Published in The Weekend Australian, special report on Climate Change, 24-25 March 2007)
Filling Australia's power capacity gap
By Keith Orchison
(Published in The Weekend Australian, September 2006)
Finding new kinds of energy
By Keith Orchison (Written in July 2006)
Are investment signals adequate?
By Keith Orchison
(Published in The Weekend Australian, September 2006)
Meeting electricity demand
By Keith Orchison
(Published in Engineers Australia "Infrastructure Australia" special issue, May 2005)
The elephant in the front room
By Keith Orchison (Written in April 2005)
Whose market is it?
Presentation to Madgwicks' "Energy Report" discussion
by Keith Orchison (Melbourne, 9 March 2005)
Securing the energy future of New South Wales
By Keith Orchison (Written in December 2004)
The Greenhouse challenge for energy in Victoria
By Keith Orchison (Written in mid-2004)
Global challenge reflected in Australia's pursuit of a secure, sustainable energy future
By Keith Orchison (Written in mid-2004)
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