Prof Ray Wills Managing Director, Future Smart Strategies; Adjunct Professor, The University of Western Australia AIE 2026 Energy Professional of the Year
Perth, Australia
Joined June 2012
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Australia's oldest Aboriginal rock painting
600 generations ago
17,500-year-old kangaroo in The Kimberley, Western Australia painted at end of last glacial maximum
Sea level 106m lower
The Kimberley coastline 300km to sea (dark green)
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Renewables aren't 'alternative' anymore
Fossil fuels are now clearly just legacy
So replace 'legacy fossil fuel tech' with better, cheaper, more efficient, electrified & #renewables tech, supported by storage
Language important: underwrites our mindset
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The objective of the #EnergyTransition is not simply to add renewables to existing fossil fuel systems.
The objective is to progressively replace fossil fuel technologies with more efficient, electrified & #renewable-based alternatives. @IRENA’s World Energy Transition Outlook 2026 shows how⤵️
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Some languages are more efficient at getting to the point
But my wife informs me that can be distorted depending on who is speaking, especially when I'm answering a question
Syllable rate and information rate in selected languages
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia… @ScienceMagazine
Language is important and must evolve to optimally support contemporary needs
Outdated words and language can constrain thinking - and cause bias in science
@fern_adame in @nature
Here's some other examples
Words matter, language matters
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‘The evacuation of Macquarie Island over bird flu concerns was "unnecessary" and could increase environmental risks, expeditioners told the govt in a letter obtained by the ABC.’
Seems a very poor decision.
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The world’s largest battery-electric ship, a 130-metre vessel made in Australian by Incat Tasmania, has officially started ferrying passengers between Argentina and Uruguay
thedriven.io/2026/10/23/worl…
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Senior CSIRO scientists discussed how to have an “open conversation” about the rising threats from a warming world before “it’s too late”
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Western commentators say China has surprised everyone with all these pesky battery electric vehicles they keep making
My June 2018 post below underscores how out of touch they are
Talking with Robert Llewellyn
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China leading the race investment to produce electric vehicles
China: EUR 21.7bn
EU: EUR 3.2bn
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Australia?
Potential in #lithium batteries is actually off the scale
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Action is not
#auspol
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This is heartbreaking. As #forests are cut down, butterflies are losing their colours: buff.ly/PUDcmW9
Nature is amazing. Protect it.
What One Stove Changed for Magdalene
Making clean cooking work for small businesses
Supported thru @solarsister "Powered By" commercial clean cooking program in partnership with SIDA Sweden
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#Africa #Nairobi
Australia must stand in partnership with the Pacific – not above it
Clean-energy partnerships cannot substitute for a credible plan for all of us to move away from coal, oil and gas.
Prof Ray Wills & Prof Peter Newman
thepoint.com.au/opinions/261…
The Point 23 Oct 2026
Prof Ray Wills retweeted
Record BEV share in Bulgaria! 13.6% in September, way above the previous high of 9.6% in April. Also a record in absolute numbers with almost 570 BEV.
And no, that's not a subsidy. Bulgaria has no purchase subsidy for EVs at all, just tax exemptions and free parking in some cities. For one of the slowest countries in Europe, that's a really nice development.
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🌱 The next generation of farmers is helping shape our future.
At Pre-COP31 in Fiji, Jack and Isabel from the NT brought practical, on-farm perspectives to global climate discussions.
Backing young farmers means backing the future of Australian agriculture. 🌾
#AusAg #COP31 #YoungFarmers
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Reckon we'll be topping 3° at our current rate of indifference.
Global temperatures are on track to rise by 2.8°C by the end of the century unless nations make deep emission cuts, including those from coal, oil and gas
reneweconomy.com.au/overshoo…
We're concerned for our customers' home loans, s we're just helping the Reserve Bank meet its unemployment targets
If it were a movie?
I see surplus people (The Sixth Sense)
NAB chief executive Andrew Irvine says that unless the government acts to lift productivity, Australia will be unable to achieve economic growth. ebx.sh/rnauZi
Oo, oo - pick me
Another movie
I'm trying to optimize your team, Neo. But I can only show you the voluntary redundancy package. You're the one that has to sign it.
The Metric (based on The Matrix)
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Oil, debt and the coming reset in car values - and what it means for EVs thedriven.io/2026/10/19/oil-…
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After a few slower months for wind and solar growth this year in China, September reached the highest year-on-year increase so far in 2026
The 35 TWh increase of w+s over September 2025 is roughly the same as the ANNUAL electricity demand of Ireland.
In 2017 I argued many cities in 2025 would generate more energy with renewables than they used
A bit optimistic, yes
But it's gone faster than my critiques believed, as solar & wind met almost all electricity demand growth in 2025
It's getting faster
cleantechnica.com/2026/06/29…
By 2025 many #Cities will use local #renewables to produce more energy than they use #resilient #REcities
#Go100RE
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