AGL Energy
Opinion
Renewables
Not everyone will celebrate AGL’s improved profit outlook
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, energy companies have large targets on their backs, along with supermarkets, banks and airlines.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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Huge offshore wind turbines to power AGL’s shift from coal
AGL wants to build huge turbines off Victoria’s coast that could bring vast amounts of wind power to customers and help replace its coal-fired power plants.
- by Nick Toscano
Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects
Pumped hydro projects are at risk of missing out on contracts under the federal government’s green energy financing scheme, despite warnings they are critically needed.
- by Nick Toscano
Inside the backlash facing Australia’s biggest energy company
Woodside shareholders are about to decide if the company is doing enough to diversify revenue away from fossil fuels as warnings intensify about emissions heating the planet.
- by Nick Toscano
Renewable energy boost turns up heat on existing power plants
The energy industry is warning greater co-ordination is needed to ensure new supplies are built in time for more coal-fired power plant closures.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Energy
Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet
Australia can bid for solar cell factories, but if we lack the power to run them, the hope is forlorn.
- by Peter Hartcher
AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station
AGL will partner with a start-up backed by its biggest shareholder, Mike Cannon-Brookes, to assess building a first-of-its-kind solar panel factory in the NSW Upper Hunter region.
- by Nick Toscano
AGL boss says no to Dutton’s nuclear vision for coal power sites
Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plant operator has ruled out taking part in the Coalition’s plan to build nuclear generators at its sites.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Why Australian companies don’t want to make too much money
The febrile hunt for profiteers in the midst of a cost-of-living crisis meant Australia’s largest companies had to worry about the potentially disastrous consequences of doing too well.
- by Colin Kruger
Energy giant AGL’s outlook brightens despite high customer churn
Rising wholesale prices for electricity and improved reliability across AGL’s fleet of power stations have resulted in a sharp turnaround in the energy giant’s profits.
- by Simon Johanson
Power giant AGL to build mega battery at former coal station
The Liddell power station in NSW’s Upper Hunter will soon be home to a large grid-scale battery.
- by Simon Johanson