Why wind projects are stalled at the gate

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing large scale wind projects in securing finance and being built, along with potential solutions and related topics in the energy sector.

Large scale wind projects are not getting finance and are not getting built. CEIG's Richie Merzian discusses potential solutions, the looming CGT threat, and what's wrong with the CIS. Plus: Big month for EVs, and Fortescue's plan to eliminate diesel.

People in this episode

Guest: Richie Merzian

Topics covered

• wind projects
• finance
• CGT threat
• CIS
• EVs
• Fortescue
• diesel elimination

Keywords

• energy
• renewable
• sustainability

Mentioned in this episode

Products: EVs, Fortescue

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