Energy
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No power loss after blaze cuts three units from network but planned maintenance work may cause blackouts on weekend
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Innovations in renewables 'Clean coal', CCS and CSG will not save fossil fuels – their game is up
Ian DunlopAs the Finkel review submission deadline arrives it’s time to accept the inevitable and fix the shambles that is our energy policy -
Economist says national electricity market has been crippled by design flaws and a failure to take climate change into account
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Can members of opposing parties can find common ground in one of the most bitterly partisan of all areas of political debate?
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Leaving Euratom treaty will shut down nuclear industry if international safety agreements are not made in time, MPs told
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Innovations in renewables Big tourism must demand action to save the reef – its business depends on it
David RitterAs the Great Barrier Reef faces the return of coral bleaching, why are Mantra, Accor and Marriott still silent on Adani? -
Ai Group report warns steep price rises will become ‘the new normal’ based on declining coal-fired generation and gas production shortages
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As Pakistan seeks to address its power crisis by mining coal, villagers in the Thar desert are fighting to prevent state acquisition of their ancestral land
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Clean Energy Finance Corporation says project would need to be indemnified against future risk of carbon price being introduced
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An integrated energy grid could monitor power shortfalls, predict demand and respond accordingly, according to experts, although data will need to be shared
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A cottage industry is growing around new technology for solar power developers to design, build and operate solar farms to help compete with fossil fuel power
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Complaints about ‘green crap’ have been a convenient excuse for governments unable or unwilling to intervene and cap suppliers’ prices
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The salad shortage focused attention on the failures of our 24/7 dietary culture. But it also provides a chance to rethink the way we eat fresh fruit, veg and green leaves, says Lucy Siegle
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Exclusive: 802 schools, nurseries and colleges are in areas where levels of nitrogen dioxide breach EU legal limits
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Committee urges new energy commission that would prioritise low energy bills and security rather than low carbon emissions
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National Employment Savings Trust to move investments into new climate change fund and scale back shares in firms such as Shell and ExxonMobil
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Liberal MP calls for RET to be frozen and immigration to be explicitly linked to issue of housing affordability
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The small island’s energy makeover took less than a decade and was spurred on by local commitment, providing a template for how regional Australia could transition to renewables
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Union tells Senate inquiry there must be plans in place to attract jobs before mines or power stations close
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Market regulator urgently requested aluminium smelter reduce electricity use as demand surged alongside temperatures
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Pilot program will allow homeowners to tap into a network of ‘virtual’ power stations made up of smart grids of rooftop solar and batteries
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Letters: The WTO tariffs of $7.6bn payable on UK exports to Europe are more than covered by the fall in sterling since the referendum
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Opposition leader to dig in behind ETS and goal of sourcing 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030
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- Energy industry
- Business (Australia)
- Climate change
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- Labor party
- Coalition
- Oil and gas companies
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- Australian trade unions
- Malcolm Turnbull
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Australian economy
Katharine Murphy on politics Just as it gathers steam on coal, the Coalition is derailed by penalty rates