Electricity
Qld will hand out $2b in power bill rebates but the cash splash has raised questions
While broadly welcomed by social service groups, there are concerns the rebates risk sucking up budget cash that could be used on better targeted help.
- by Matt Dennien
Latest
Collie’s Premier Coal back in black with huge revenue jump
WA’s biggest coal miner Premier Coal has returned to profit after an $84 million loss the year before on the back of increased prices for its fuel sales.
- by Peter Milne
Queensland households score $1000 off energy bills
Queensland households will score a $1000 energy bill discount under a $2.5 billion government spending splash on cost of living relief.
- by Savannah Meacham
World-first UQ generator turns greenhouse gas into power
Researchers from the University of Queensland have created a generator capable of using greenhouse gas to produce electricity, while removing carbon dioxide from the air.
- by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Summer of intense weather pushed the power grid to the brink
Storms in Victoria and heatwaves in Queensland strained the power grid and drove wholesale prices higher as Australia faced its third-hottest summer on record.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
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
Editorial
Renewables
Why governments should subsidise household batteries to go with solar
There are now 3.8 million households with solar. It’s time to push storage solutions, so households - and the grid - get the benefits by night as well as day.
- The Herald's View
Bill shock means home batteries make financial sense, despite expense
A quarter of a million households now have home batteries to store the electricity their rooftop solar generates and help them avoid sky-high power bills.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Crackdown on low-quality appliances to fix faults with upgrades plan
A new $200 minimum payment on key appliance upgrades is being planned to weed out poor quality products from Victoria’s Energy Upgrades program.
- by Kieran Rooney
Generative AI moves from cloud into physical world
Questions asked on ChatGPT or AI-generated video made on Synthesys are transforming companies such as data centre operator NextDC and property giant Goodman Group.
- by Simon Johanson
Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0
A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.
- by Nick O'Malley