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Coal power surge raises pressure to extend Eraring
A surge in coal generation in NSW during the March quarter has raised pressure on negotiations between Origin Energy and the state government to postpone closing Australia’s largest power station.
- Ben Potter
Bet ‘significant’ public money on renewables stakes: Combet
The incoming chair of the nation’s sprawling $212 billion Future Fund says it’s time to return to public investment in green energy.
- Jacob Greber
Origin Energy suitor EIG nabs stakes in three major LNG projects
The private equity group, partly owned by Saudi Aramco, has made three investments in ventures run by Woodside, Chevron and Shell and will open a local office.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Green premiums are real, says aluminium boss
Electric vehicle makers are refusing to pay a green premium for low-carbon nickel but Capral says customers are paying an extra 5 per cent for clean aluminium.
- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
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- Climate policy
Sims questions solar panels as report sounds alarm on coal jobs
The green energy advocate’s caution comes as Labor looks to fund early retirements of coal power station workers, some earning up to $170,000 a year.
- Jacob Greber
This Month
Atlassian’s low-carbon skyscraper is ‘out of the ground’
The work-from-home revolution has failed to kill the $1.5b Atlassian Central project near Sydney Central Station, with a key construction milestone now passed.
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- Peter Ker and Lap Phan
Want Australian-made solar? Be prepared to pay $1500 more
SolarQuotes’ Ronald Brakels says there are probably enough consumers willing to pay a premium for locally made panels for a manufacturer to make a go of it.
- Ben Potter
March
How the McLaren F1 team is helping save the Great Barrier Reef
British Formula One race team McLaren deployed engineers to help the Great Barrier Reef Foundation speed up its coral spawning program.
- Mark Ludlow
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- Renewables
AGL, Cannon-Brookes vying for $1b in solar manufacturing grants
SunDrive, backed by the Atlassian billionaire, is among groups including 5B and Tindo who want to use the taxpayer funds to expand local panel production.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Ben Potter
Viva fires up convenience roll-out after locking away OTR
The completion of the $1.2 billion takeover kicks off the nationwide expansion of the On the Run brand, which will replace Coles Express at Viva’s fuel stations.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Cargill enters biofuel fray in fresh blow to GrainCorp growth plans
The global grains giant is working with a co-operative controlled by thousands of WA farmers on plans to tap into the booming market for biofuels.
- Brad Thompson
Business fears Fair Work intervention in power closures
Business groups fear Labor’s Net Zero Transition Authority legislation will expose them to union-initiated disputes as coal- and gas-fired power stations close.
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- Jacob Greber and David Marin-Guzman
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- Energy prices
Victoria’s gas aversion is driving emissions higher, energy users say
Industry figures say Victoria’s attitude is raising energy prices and emissions and preventing the closure of coal power stations
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Labor pulls gas bill after Greens threaten car emission reforms
Labor halted an offshore gas regulation bill the Coalition said it would support after the Greens threatened to retaliate by scuttling Labor’s car policy.
- Jacob Greber
‘Get on with it’: Car makers accept Labor fuel policy – over to Greens
Citing strong support from climate groups, Labor pressed Adam Bandt to drop a threat to scuttle the government’s signature transport pollution reduction plan.
- Jacob Greber and Simon Evans
Jet costs cloud proxy adviser support for Santos
CGI Glass Lewis raised “concerns” over the use of a corporate jet for top management, but it and ISS backed both the remuneration report and chairman Keith Spence’s re-election.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Australia dropped the ball on energy security: Exxon
Forecast gas shortfalls in the southern states cannot be blamed on Queensland’s LNG exports, one of the east coast’s biggest gas suppliers says.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘It’s a lot cheaper than buying a Tesla’: low-carbon milk has arrived
Dairy producer links up with Tasmanian start-up to produce the world’s first low-emissions milk.
- Gus McCubbing
Gas CEOs dial up warnings as ‘crunch time’ looms
Senex CEO Ian Davies and APA Group’s Adam Watson will warn of a “desperate” need for new gas supply to help cut emissions, and prevent higher costs for customers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
These are the biggest fears for renewables investors
Finding the right blend of risk and return is the biggest headache for climate investors, a new survey shows.
- Jacob Greber
BHP’s Mike Henry argues Chinese steelmakers deserve a break
Big miners are facing pressure to detail their investments into green steel and reduce their scope three emissions. But Chinese smelters as a whole are more efficient than the EU’s.
- Ayesha de Kretser
How Sun Cable could be a loser, yet a winner
Mike Cannon-Brookes’ company is set to lose the race to lay a 4000-kilometre cable to send solar energy out of the desert and under the oceans.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
Nasdaq poised to kick Brisbane-based Tritium off the exchange
This is the second delisting notice the fast charger company has received from the US exchange after the underperformance of its stock, and it says it will appeal.
- Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- Opinion
Green policy car crash complicates Labor’s election outlook
A series of competing and interlinked priorities are colliding in Labor’s Senate, where all eyes are turning to the next election.
- Jacob Greber
Glencore abandons coal production cap as another climate pledge fails
Five years after it promised to cap annual coal production at 150 million tonnes, Glencore has withdrawn the policy.
- Peter Ker
