Shell provides domestic gas boost
Shell has responded to the political heat around east coast gas with a commitment to make gas available to east coast buyers.
Chevron's idea to solve energy crisis
Chevron Australia managing director Nigel Hearne says the US shale gas revolution could be "very quickly" replicated in Australia to resolve the looming energy crisis
Snowy expansion 'needed to keep lights on'
Snowy Hydro chief executive Paul Broad insists the proposed $2 billion expansion of the hydropower scheme has been thought through over decades and now makes sense because of "staggering" electricity prices.
Victoria opts out of national smart meter rules
The reform was supposed to save consumers $8 billion by reducing peak demand and open up a monopoly.
There's no energy market to fail
Constant tinkering has destroyed the idea of a commercial energy market. That will have to change before investors come back off the sidelines.
GLNG in 'difficult spot' as pressure grows around gas buying
Santos's $US18.5 billion GLNG project in Queensland will swallow about 20 per cent of the gas expected to be available this year for east co...
No plan to release pumped hydro studies
Snowy Hydro will not release previous feasibility studies into pumped hydro storage projects in the Australian Alps.
Gas-fired power peakers could be past their peak
They make millions for just a few week's work each year, but rising gas prices are making life harder for Australia's gas-fired ''peaking'' ...
Hazelwood closure about to start
French energy major Engie will start the week-long process to close down its giant Hazelwood coal fired power station late this week.
'Snowy 2.0 breathes new life into coal'
Malcolm Turnbull's Snowy pumped hydro scheme will perversely require a huge coal plant to pump its water, says a leading energy economist.
