This Month
- Opinion
- Electric vehicles
Do you want a jackhammer to go with your electric car?
It should be possible to roll out simple street charging power outlets at a cost similar to what you’d pay to install a dedicated charger in your own home.
- Tristan Edis
- Opinion
- Energy transition
The PM has made a silly billion-dollar bet on solar panels
The price of solar panels has plunged and overseas makers are going broke, making it even more puzzling why the government is making a $1 billion taxpayer bet.
- John Kehoe
Coal power surge raises pressure to extend Eraring
A surge in coal generation in NSW in the March quarter has put pressure on Origin and the state government to postpone closing Australia’s largest power station.
- Ben Potter
- Sponsored
- Invest Wollongong
Illawarra embarks on green energy transformation
Wollongong is rapidly transforming into a hub for green energy and sustainable innovation.
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by Invest Wollongong
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
Why Australian made always wins
Readers’ letters on the government’s solar manufacturing plan; Westpac’s ambitious technology upgrade; the shift to a cashless society; mixed messages on China’s economy; and why Hamas must be forced to release its Israeli hostages.
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Solar fantasy gives industry policy a bad name
Australia does not have a great record at industry policy. Creating a bucket of government money for solar panels in the midst of a global subsidy war looks even less likely to work.
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
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
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
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.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber and David Marin-Guzman
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
- Opinion
- Gas
Running out of gas is avoidable – but we need to move fast
Declining production from offshore Victorian gas fields is unlikely to be substantially replaced by new local gas supply.
- Tony Wood
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
- Opinion
- Carbon challenge
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
Why gas exports make a false famine
Readers’ letters on Santos boss Kevin Gallagher’s gas export warning; a recent example of nuclear dangers; another entry for the list of politicians’ biggest mistakes this century; and pleas from our regular correspondents go answered.
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Nuclear vs Renewables shouldn’t be Ford vs Holden
Reducing the complexities of national energy policy to a clean energy brawl is the last thing Australia needs in the middle of the biggest industrial rebuild in the nation’s history.
- Matthew Warren
Santos, AEMO issue warnings on gas
Santos’ Kevin Gallagher said slow approvals for gas projects risked Asian buyers turning to Russia while AEMO warned diesel might have to be used in gas generators as Victorian gas falls short.
- Ben Potter
- Opinion
- Electricity
How much could you save if you went nuclear?
If you are a Victorian the price you’d pay for a unit of electricity from a nuclear reactor would be 39 per cent higher than what you’ll pay under the recently unveiled regulated default offer.
- Tristan Edis
Trump querying Rudd’s intellect is a bit rich
Readers’ letters on Donald Trump’s threat to boot Kevin Rudd; New Hope’s coal ploy; and Chanticleer’s solution for the RBA.
