Energy regulators had their hands full keeping the lights on this week – but the next crisis might n
Aemo was still issuing alerts on Saturday morning as system reaches limit The energy regulator was forced to again intervene in NSW,...
Energy market turmoil: Snowy Hydro delayed until 2028 while coal plants run at half capacity
Cold snap and gas shortages spike electricity prices amid multiple outages at coal-fired power stations Snowy Hydro’s Snowy 2.0 renewable...
Markets turmoil and interest rate rises: the economic challenges facing Australia after the election
Soaring energy costs, stagflation fears and calls for higher wages are just some of the bumps in the road awaiting a new or returned...
Australia’s wholesale power prices double in a year as coal-fired power plants falter
The jolt in costs is being blamed mostly on more expensive fossil fuels and falling reliability of coal-fired power plants Wholesale...
Australian researchers claim ‘giant leap’ in technology to produce affordable renewable hydrogen
Hysata chief executive officer Paul Barrett and chief technology officer Gerry Swiegers with the company’s capillary-fed electrolysis...
Australia spending billions on new gas pipelines that may end up worthless stranded assets
Australia’s building boom comes amid $485.8bn in pipeline construction activity globally A liquefied natural gas project site. A Global...
‘World is waking up’: ex-energy boss Kerry Schott says AGL bid a sign of big changes ahead
Takeover bid comes as energy companies look to expedite shutdown of coal-fired power plants in face of growing renewable competition,...
WA holds the key to Australia’s emissions goals. Can a government so committed to gas deliver?
Environmentalists fear premier could legislate away regulations and undo progress toward net zero at the stroke of a pen On 12 February...
WA’s offshore gasfields pay almost no royalties and stoke carbon emissions, report finds
Australia Institute report finds state received only $430m of its revenue from industry that generated $27bn in exports last year...
After Adani: whatever happened to Queensland’s Galilee basin coal boom?
Only the controversial Carmichael mine has opened, while a dozen other projects are shelved, lapsed or discontinued File photo of the...
