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Monday, 21st November 2022

Electric shock awaits Victorians switching from gas

New research shows switching from gas to high-efficiency electrical appliances achieves a modest reduction in CO2, but comes at a premium of 16-times the price of carbon abatement. Switching to cheaper, but less efficient electrical appliances, actually increases carbon emissions. With the pathway for LPG to decarbonise by 2050 clear, a rethink is needed on polices pushing people to electricity only... [more]

Tuesday, 8th November 2022

Gas pumps $70 billion into the Australian economy

The gas economy in Australia drives at least $70B in economic activity (3.4% of GDP), supporting over 241,600 Aussie jobs. Gas - including renewable, net zero gases - is essential for industrial heat and chemical feedstock to make the things we need for modern living. Gas will, increasingly, be called upon as a vital back-up for intermittent solar and wind power generation... [more]

Sunday, 25th September 2022

Gaslighting over costs of energy switch

A column in the Australian Financial Review made several factual errors in relation to GEA media commentary over recent weeks. Our letter to the Editor of the AFR, correcting the public record, subsequently got a run... [more]

Thursday, 8th September 2022

Guardian's half-baked hatchet job misses mark... and the point

The Guardian Australia approached GEA with very specific questions challenging the notion of 'renewable gas' raised in our Opinion Editorial in the Daily Telegraph newspaper on 28 August 2022. That's fair enough. We responded in detail. But the Guardian ignored the very detail it sought. Here's the verbatim Q&A exchange. You be the judge... [more]

Wednesday, 31st August 2022

No time to abandon gas

It makes sense to have more runners in the renewables race. Banning gas connections and appliances in NSW would be ignorant, denying access to renewable, net zero gases. With gas needed for our energy security - and gas companies already in transition to renewable, net zero gases - our Opinion Editorial for the Daily Telegraph makes it clear governments should be backing them in, not shutting them out... [more]

Sunday, 28th August 2022

Shhh... the Victorian Government's Roadmap modelling is a secret

Analysis of the Victorian Gas Substitution Roadmap costings show the government is under-estimating the true costs of switching to an all-electric home by up to $26,000 per dwelling. GEA is calling for the release of the State Government's modelling so all Victorians can assess the Roadmap's bona fides for themselves... [more]

Thursday, 4th August 2022

New GEA Board elected & members honoured

GEA Board positions have been decided at the 4 August AGM in Melbourne, with the annual Board appointed unanimously and Office Bearers elected... [more]

Monday, 18th July 2022

Don't give gas the cold shoulder

GEA's Opinion Editorial in the Herald Sun, Courier-Mail and NT News newspapers highlights the importance of gas today, and into the future, as a reliable, affordable and much-needed energy source that takes pressure off an already over-burdened electricity supply network. But gas has the added bonus of being net zero by 2050 - it makes sense to back in Australian gas... [more]

Thursday, 7th July 2022

Clean Energy Fuels Australia joins GEA

Gas Energy Australia is pleased to welcome Clean Energy Fuels Australia as the newest member of the Association. We appreciate their support and look forward to working with the CEFA team, as well as all our members and associates, over the years ahead... [more]

Friday, 10th June 2022

A reliable, renewable & affordable energy future? The answer is gas

Without gas the lights go out. Recent events have demonstrated the essential need for Australian gas to service Australia's energy needs. The gas sector's shift to renewable, net zero gases makes government engagement with the gas sector more important than ever... [more]

Friday, 3rd June 2022

Don't 'shut the door' on renewable, net zero gases

If ignorance is bliss, some local councils must be very happy little Vegemites! Responding to an article in The Age citing 13 Victorian councils calling for a ban on new gas connections, GEA's Letter to the Editor shows that cheaper, more reliable and net zero gas use is vital and any government - local, state or federal - banning it, won't be thanked... [more]

Thursday, 12th May 2022

To be ship shape Australia's new fleet must be geared for gas

If Australia is to rebuild its coastal shipping fleet, as both sides of politics have pledged, those ships must run on gas! It is immediately 25% cleaner than the alternative, falling to net zero over time, we have it in abundance, its safe for the marine environment and secures our energy by replacing our reliance on imported oil... [more]

Monday, 18th April 2022

Renewable gas is a clean game changer

Solar, wind, batteries and hydrogen will be a key part of Australia's future energy mix, but they have limitations. GEA's Opinion Editorial in the Herald Sun shows emerging renewable gases can tap into existing delivery networks so our economy, industries and families can responsibly, reliably and affordably use net zero gas to 2050 and beyond... [more]