This Month
What Australia’s busiest sleepy town really thinks about nuclear
From a failing coal mine being propped up by the WA government to keep the lights to Australia’s biggest battery being built by Brookfield takeover target Neoen there is a lot going on in Collie.
- Brad Thompson
- Analysis
- Nuclear energy
Nuclear frisson: get ready for the Ted and Chris show
The latest chapter in the nation’s climate wars pits the little-known and mild-mannered O’Brien against one of Labor’s biggest attack dogs, Energy Minister Chris Bowen.
- Andrew Tillett
Climate wars to escalate with Dutton to unveil nuclear sites
Peter Dutton will escalate the climate wars on Wednesday by announcing site plans for nuclear power plants.
- Phillip Coorey
Labor’s flagship emissions scheme a ‘headwind’ for gas: Engie
Labor’s flagship renewable energy scheme could undermine the economics of gas power in the National Electricity Market.
- Elouise Fowler
Origin Energy to trim green assets to boost returns
Origin Energy chief executive Frank Calabria says the country’s largest electricity utility will minimise the company’s ownership of wind and solar generation assets as part of a strategy to boost investor returns.
- Kylar Loussikian
- Exclusive
- AGL Energy
Warning on Labor’s flagship emissions scheme
The CEO of a major coal and gas utility says the government’s flagship policy could be too slow in supporting the developments needed to hit emission reduction targets.
- Kylar Loussikian and Elouise Fowler
- Updated
- AGL Energy
AGL goes big on ‘smart’ energy platform with $150m Kaluza stake
Its major rival, Origin Energy, has made a highly successful investment in a similar business, Octopus Energy. The platform co-ordinates supply and billing.
- Updated
- Kylar Loussikian
Labor to splash $26b on green energy projects in Qld
Queensland will increase its spend on green energy transition by $7 billion to $26 billion over the coming four years as new poll compounds fears of election wipeout.
- James Hall
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Beware the knock-on effect of ‘sensible’ decisions like Eraring
If we want private capital to transition Australia’s power grid, we need to remember the ground rules.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Opinion
- ESG Summit
In the ESG debate, this is what’s really torching shareholder value
For all the talk about the “E” in “ESG”, what gets CEOs sacked and costs investors money are old-fashioned social licence and governance issues.
- Updated
- Anthony Macdonald
May
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How much will hungry data centres take out of the power grid?
Australia’s ability to make the most of AI and digitisation is only as good as its energy sources. Next decade, that will become a hot topic.
- Anthony Macdonald
- Exclusive
- China relations
Foreign student crackdown looms over Li Qiang visit
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will head to Australia next month amid uncertainty over new curbs on universities enrolling thousands of Chinese students.
- Andrew Tillett
Energy group offers $1000 annual rebate to wind farm neighbours
For more than a decade, community opposition has been the brick wall renewable energy projects have been running into. Now, Engie is trying something different.
- Kylar Loussikian
Eraring set to benefit from high electricity prices
Origin may not need to tap the $225 million compensation fund unveiled by the NSW government this week.
- Elouise Fowler
Offshore wind plan in ‘Labor limbo’ as Port of Hastings stalls
The state opposition claims Victoria’s offshore wind policy is in “disarray” after Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio could not guarantee a key terminal would proceed.
- Gus McCubbing
- Opinion
- Opinion
Why NSW still needs coal-fired power
The total disarray of energy transition plans is compounded by the failure of NSW and Victoria to allow any further development of gas fields.
- Jennifer Hewett
Gas to firm renewables until nuclear is ready: Dutton
Peter Dutton has countered claims his plans for nuclear energy were a front to keep coal in the system for longer.
- Phillip Coorey, Tom Rabe and Gus McCubbing
Nuclear could cost up to $17b and take until 2040 to build: CSIRO
The nation’s first large-scale nuclear power plant could cost as much as $17 billion and not be operational until at least 2040, the CSIRO says.
- Phillip Coorey
Joe Biden’s pollution rules throw up barrier to US natural gas projects
New air quality standards will require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to more closely examine the impact of LNG projects on the surrounding air quality.
- Myles McCormick
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Queensland in secret bid to buy stricken coal-fired power plant
It’s three years since Queensland power station Callide C blew up, and the fallout hasn’t stopped. Now, a secret deal for the government to buy a 50 per cent stake is in doubt.
- Anthony Macdonald
