Renewables
‘Not a single government dollar’: Albanese plays down gas policy push after blowback
Six Labor MPs in at-risk seats have spoken out against the future gas strategy spearheaded by Resources Minister Madeleine King.
- by Mike Foley
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It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants
The oil super majors are eyeing shifting their primary stock exchange listings to New York as a stronger push to reduce fossil fuels in their home markets weighs on their share prices.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
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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
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
Winds of change: New era for offshore energy industry set to blow in
The Albanese government has identified the first fleet of aspiring wind farm developers and issued six permits to build turbines off the Victorian coast.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Charged up: WA town to home Australia’s biggest battery
The expansion will let the state’s biggest power grid store midday solar power for use in the evening, and will make it Australia’s largest energy storage site.
- by Peter Milne
Payments for coal plants and urgent reform needed for renewables switch
Energy policy is a mess and governments will have little option but to prop up ageing coal plants until more clean energy comes online, the Grattan Institute warns.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Planning hurdles holding back the power grid’s race to renewables
Wind and solar farms are waiting up to two years for planning permission, as investors take aim at “pinch points” obstructing efforts to wean the grid off coal.
- by Nick Toscano
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Energy storage
Buildings as batteries? We need bright ideas like this
Office blocks have an important part to play in our efforts to limit further climate change. How? Keep reading.
- by Ross Gittins
Renewable energy is slashing emissions, now it’s cutting prices too
Wholesale electricity prices are down as the share of renewable energy in the grid continues to grow.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
The green energy ‘big bets’ Australia needs to go after: Sun Cable cofounder
Sun Cable’s cofounder wants Australia to think bigger about the green energy switch, saying the nation should strive to become a renewable energy superpower.
- by Nick Toscano