Whitehaven Coal expects the coal price to remain strong through the December quarter.

Credit Suisse has lowered its Oil Search and Santos recommendations to "underperform", citing stretched valuations.

The security of Queensland's power supply won't be undermined by a government target of 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030, Energy Minister Mark Bailey says.

Rosneft boss Igor Sechin has made it clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin has work ahead.

Oil giant BP has dumped controversial plans to drill in the Great Australia Bight, ending a proposal which raised fears of an environmental disaster.

The world's two largest crude oil producers say they're ready to cooperate to limit output.

CIMIC's $524 million bid for control of troubled heavy engineer UGL has been blunted by sharemarket investors, who overbid the $3.15-a-share offer price as clarity on troubled Ichthys bid awaited

The shake-up of Australia's beleaguered engineering sector is gathering pace, with construction leader CIMIC launching a $524 million takeover bid for UGL after snapping up a 14 per cent stake.

Resurgent prices rather than volumes has prompted a key government forecaster to hike its view of Australia's resources and energy exports in the year ahead

Oil climbed above $50 a barrel in New York for the first time since June, catching up to Brent.

Hundreds of Canberra homes are set to be powered by one of Australia's first sun-tracking solar farms which opened in Majura on Thursday.

Dallas-based Caelus Energy says it discovered 6 billion barrels of light oil under Arctic waters.

Oil climbed after government data showed that US crude stockpiles unexpectedly dropped last week.

A detailed report into South Australia's prolonged blackout could take six months. Both sides of the renewables debate staked their claim following a preliminary report pointing to a "cascading series of events" due to extreme weather in South Australia.

Hard on the heels of OPEC's move to limit oil production, BHP Billiton has underscored its upbeat view on the outlook for oil and gas, as it argues the market is set to move back into balance in 2017, with demand set to exceed global supply.

A 'cascading series of events' due to the extreme weather in South Australia last week resulted in the widespread blackouts in the state, which will take until next week to resolve.

South Australia is to get a third review into the statewide power black-out with the state government Tuesday announcing a review to be led by a former state police commissioner.

Oil advanced to a three-month high as traders continued to assess last week's change in OPEC policy.

Hundreds of dollars could be shaved off the household electricity bill by using smart technologies which adopt demand-based grid tariffs

He's the New York born grad student who came Down Under to study renewable energy ten years ago and stayed. Now, his 18-month old start up Redback Technologies has just raised close to $10 million in its latest funding round

A $90 million scheme to make Latrobe Valley brown coal cleaner and more profitable has all but failed, with two out of three projects shelved and tens of millions of dollars of public funding sitting idle.

Large employers in South Australia are faced with another week of power blackouts following last week's storm, with power restored to only parts of the state.

Snowy Hydro is looking to maximise power generation thanks to a high level of water flows.

Oil prices posted their second straight monthly gain after news of OPEC's planned output cuts.

Petronas may sell a majority stake in its recently approved $US27 billion Canadian LNG project.

A company offers people the chance to be active players in the energy market.

Woolworths has confirmed one of the worst kept secrets in retailing, that it is likely to sell its petrol retailing arm, with a number of offers on the table.

Oil rose to a month high after OPEC agreed to reduce production for the first time in eight years.

A whole new set of winners and losers will emerge if OPEC proceeds with plans to pare oil output.