Ben Potter

2 months ago | energymagazine.com.au | Ben Potter |Sarah MacNamara

By rights, so called ‘renewable gases’ should have an uncontroversial role in Australia’s energy transition. But nothing is simple in the energy transition. The major players – gas pipeline owners, energy companies, energy consumers and the natural environment – have conflicting interests in how the transition unfolds. So the role of renewable gas – biomethane, synthetic methane or low carbon hydrogen – has become contentious.

Feb 24, 2025 | farmprogress.com | Ben Potter

USDA’s latest grain export inspection report, out Monday morning and covering the week through February 20, didn’t hold a lot of eye-popping data for traders to digest. Corn volume led the way once more but tracked moderately lower week-over-week. Soybean and wheat volume moved moderately above last week’s tallies, in contrast. Corn export inspections reached 44.7 million bushels last week, which was moderately below the prior week’s total.

Feb 20, 2025 | pipeliner.com.au | Ben Potter

Australians struggle to comprehend how one of the world’s three largest gas exporters might need to import liquefied natural gas to plug a looming shortfall caused by falling East Coast production. Failure is an orphan, and this is one of Australia’s greatest policy failures, says Andrew Richards, Chief Executive of the Energy Users Association of Australia (members include big manufacturers BlueScope Steel, Brickworks, Visy, Orica and GFG Alliance).

Feb 10, 2025 | classicalwisdom.substack.com | Ben Potter

Dear Classical Wisdom Weekly Reader,I’m not exactly a football fan. I’m more of a mild chicken wings and funny commercials kind of gal. But that doesn’t mean I haven’t enjoyed the spectacle of it all in the past. The rituals involved with the event, the cheering in the crowded bar, the knowledge of the shared experience, it can be intoxicating for sure. That’s why the whole ‘concussion’ issue is so troubling.

Jan 20, 2025 | esdnews.com.au | Ben Potter |Nadia Howland

-SPONSORED CONTENT-By Ben PotterDevelopers of new gas plants on the east coast have every right to be envious of their counterparts in Western Australia. Strike Energy last month took a final investment decision (FID) on a $137 million investment in an 85MW gas peaking plant at its South Erregulla gas field north of Perth.