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'Inexplicable': Power plants' pollution limits weak by world standards
Major coal-fired power stations in NSW have pollution controls that were so weak they are akin those in "fairly under-developed third world countries", a US energy expert claims.
- by Peter Hannam
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Government's overstated victory on power pricing: It was an easy goal
Consumers get a website to compare electricity prices, but little prospects of falling power bills.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Electricity
'Elephant in room': Power retailers unable to talk prices at summit
Energy retailers gathered by the government to work out how to reduce power bills were unable to discuss lowering prices for fear it was considered collusion.
- by Cole Latimer
Electricity
Australia set to be a leader in $1.7 trillion battery industry
Australia is forecast to be a global leader in a battery storage technology boom.
- by Cole Latimer
Electricity
'We're just not there': Batteries not ready to replace fossil fuels, says lithium miner
A battery material miner headed by global energy experts says the world is still a decade away from large batteries and renewables replacing baseload power.
- by Cole Latimer
Electricity
Solar batteries close, but not quite there yet for the typical family
Solar panels will become as ubiquitous as the Hills Hoist clothes line, but questions remain over the economics of whether to add a solar battery.
- by John Collett
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Greens seek to shame Labor by vowing to restore carbon tax
Battle looms over rival emission reduction schemes.
- by David Crowe
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A solution to the high price of living in the Land of Ozzigopoly
Australia is an extreme case of corporate profiteering.
- by Peter Hartcher
Electricity
'Records falling everywhere': solar panel demand goes through the roof
Chaos in energy policy at the federal level is only one of the factors driving households to install solar PV at record levels.
- by Peter Hannam
Electricity
Sydney to see small power bill relief ahead but country NSW still feels pressure
The energy regulator’s decision on the revenues that poles and wires companies can collect will see household power bills drop for Sydney but the rest of the state, especially country NSW, will see an increase in costs.
- by Cole Latimer
Renewables
Snowy Hydro dumps coal for wind and solar to pump its water
Snowy Hydro will use wind and solar energy not coal to support its pumped hydro storage generators in a deal the company says will help cut households power bills from 2020.
- by Cole Latimer