Cold start to spring sees Australians use 30% more gas than last year – even though the price was up too
It comes as renewable sources powered 39.3% on average, the Aemo says, a record share for the September quarter Greenhouse gas emissions...
Could Australia’s outdated voltage standards be taking years off the life of your toaster?
Lowering voltage about 5% could lower emissions and save customers on the national electricity market around $110 a year, research shows...
Without new gas, the Australian warns, an ‘energy crisis’ is nigh – but is the scary rhetoric justified?
The country needs more gas in the short term because of our sluggish transition to renewables – but at worst the shortfall may lead to...
Let’s be honest: Australia’s claim to have cut climate pollution isn’t as good as it seems
Take renewable energy out of the equation and there isn’t much else expected to reduce fossil fuel use this side of 2030 Australia has a...
Is the hydrogen vehicle dream over? Australian car buyers are making their choice clear
A Toyota Mirai hydrogen-powered car on display at the company's showroom in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan. Akio...
Enjoy the outdoors all winter long
Smart Radiant Heating technology : Smart Australian Heating is a giant leap forward in the evolution of radiant heating. Every aspect of...
Is coal’s recent revival in Australia’s energy mix just a blip or something more?
Australia’s electricity sector was fast to cut carbon pollution due to renewables as alternatives to coal and gas – until lately...
The cloud of coal has long hung over the Latrobe Valley. Now nuclear power is dividing it
The valley that provides most of Victoria’s electricity also has unemployment above the state average – and the Coalition’s plan for the...
Offshore windfarm zone off Illawarra coast given green light in bid to ‘power Australia’s clean energy future’
Zone will be 20km off the coast and exclude areas significant for little penguin and for southern right whale migration The federal...
On Australia’s climate and extinction crises, the major parties both have questions to answer
The Coalition has no climate policy. But Labor’s positions are undermined by its confused stance on gas and the delay of new...
