Net Zero sum game

In this Weekly Dispatch:

1. The Liberal Party abandons net zero by 2050.
2. One of Waratah Super Battery’s high-voltage transformers has suffered a “catastrophic failure,” just days from final testing, leading to significant delays.
3. ARENA commits $25.3 million to SunDrive’s copper solar cell manufacturing.
4. Construction sector needs extra 300,000 workers to build roads, homes and energy sites.
5. The AEMC published a consultation paper on allowing the AER to reopen a TNSP revenue determination for the purpose of applying a revised service target performance incentive scheme during a regulatory control period.
6. Podcast of the week:  Let Me Sum Up chat about the UN’s paper on exceeding 1.5°C global warming and reflecting sunlight to cool the earth.