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How Finkel would keep the lights on, and why Abbott's not so keen
Here's a guide to the Finkel Review, in case, like Tony Abbott, you haven't read it.
Here's a guide to the Finkel Review, in case, like Tony Abbott, you haven't read it.
Even after pressure on as companies to boost supply, the threat of power blackouts this summer hasn't gone away.
Santos' main environment statement on its proposed $3 billion coal seam gas project in north-west NSW lacks key data on groundwater impacts, salt disposal, air pollution and biodiversity, government agencies have found.
Glencore bid to buy more coal mines no slam dunk
Macquarie Group will acquire Cargill's North America power and gas business for an undisclosed amount.
Alan Finkel has released his review of the electricity market but plenty of questions remain.
The agency bumped up the oil giant's rating one notch, citing a strong performance despite oil price volatility and greater fiscal clarity following its $26.5 billion settlement of the deadly 2010 Gulf of Mexico spill.
The electricity market is bracing for significant change, with the risk that surging prices will force a number of smaller retailers to quit the market.
With a dizzying array of positions, how's anyone supposed to invest?
Well, it's not as though we couldn't see this one coming. Donald Trump was promising to pull the US out of the Paris Accord on climate change long before he took office.
Australians overwhelmingly want governments to favour renewable energy - even if it costs more, Lowy Institute poll finds.
On top of stricter emission controls and a move toward electric vehicles, Asia's diesel traders now have to worry about sea cucumbers off China's coast.
AGL Energy will spend $295 million on a 210 megawatt gas-fired power station alongside its 50-year-old Torrens Island plant in South Australia.
Sometimes, the lost desert wanderer does stumble into an oasis, replete with the proverbial date palms and life-saving waters.
The gas price may have doubled but it will take time for this to translate into higher gas supplies.
President Donald Trump just made good on his campaign vow to leave the Paris climate accord. Now, the hard part: making coal great again.
Some of the key point you need to know about Paris and a withdrawal of the US by President Trump
The climate genie, already out of the bottle, just got that bit harder to put back in.
Declining competition in gas markets, which is leaving consumers exposed to surging wholesale prices
Getting the green bank to invest in carbon reduction measures is not entirely mad.
The acceleration of electric vehicles could be driving Big Oil towards a crash.
Prospects for the controversial Adani coal mine have dimmed further with the Queensland government saying it wants no role in any federal loan to support the project.
If you can look past the fanfare, OPEC's weaknesses are glaring.
Production cuts were formally extended, though there appear to be more downside risks for the price of oil.
Rye Park wind farm near Boorowa has been approved, but with 17 fewer turbines.
On a small island off the southern coast of Singapore, a French energy company is experimenting with what it hopes will be the future of renewable power storage.
Households facing 'price spike' as industry regulator loses key legal case.
The White House plans to sell half of the nation's emergency oil stockpile and entire backup gasoline supply to pare debt.
BHP has hired Barclays to sell its US Fayetteville shale gas assets as the miner seeks to fend off activist funds.
Low gas prices has Woodside looking to cheap gasfield expansion options.
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