Yesterday
AGL lights up Liddell battery, Forrest wind farm seals NSW contract
The latest round of NSW renewables and storage projects coincides with AGL Energy giving the go-ahead to build a $750 million large-scale battery at its Liddell site.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
This Month
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
Red Sea oil spike is exactly what markets and central banks don’t need
Falling energy price have made the fight against inflation much easier, which in turn has boosted markets. The Red Sea attacks threaten to change that.
- James Thomson
NSW wind farm heads for approval, breaking project drought
A contentious renewables project near a historic gold mine looks set to be the first large wind farm approved in NSW since May 2021.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Too much risk’: Call for strategic coal power reserves
The head of the electricity supplier, Mark Collette, wants serious discussions on a scheme for a coal power reserve to prevent the lights going out on consumers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Coal power ‘to be gone in 15 years’
All coal power plants will have closed by 2038, the energy market operator said in a forecast that piles on pressure to pick up the pace of the transmission build-out.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
AEMO may call on emergency power reserves as NSW grid wilts
NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe has asked households to dial back on power use if they can to take pressure off the grid as temperatures head towards 40 degrees.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
AEMO sharpens warnings on WA gas shortfall
Uncertainty around the timing of new gas developments is worsening the risk of shortages in the West Australian market, the energy market operator said.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
November
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Bowen’s big bang energy push puts heat back on Coalition
The opposition says Labor is “writing a blank cheque” to renewables investors. But it’s yet to detail how much its own nuclear energy alternative would cost taxpayers.
- Jacob Greber
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Energy transition at risk from floods, heat and drought
The new Mandala-Zurich Climate Risk Index report urges greater consideration of climate mitigation in Australia’s massive transition to green energy.
- Ronald Mizen
EIG hits out at AusSuper as Origin takeover battle fires up
The industry fund might end up owning none of the energy company’s assets it wants, should the takeover deal be rejected, says the CEO of bidder EIG.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
October
Origin in box seat to import LNG through South Australia
The major energy retailer is in exclusive discussions for a deal committing it to use the Venice Energy import terminal for 10 years.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
NSW pumps $128m into community benefits for first green energy zone
Funds will flow early to projects in communities impacted by new transmission and renewable energy projects, in a bid to improve local support.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘The capital is there.’ So what’s stalling the energy transition?
Problems around new transmission means Australia may fall short of its 2030 targets, but political will, capital and renewable resources remain strong drivers for the transition.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
NSW vows to slash emissions by 50pc by 2030
Energy Minister Penny Sharpe insists the state will hit its targets even if it strikes a deal to keep the Eraring power station open.
- Samantha Hutchinson
ACCC argument to back Origin takeover is flimsy, say analysts
The regulator says although the deal is likely to reduce competition, that is outweighed by the greater benefit to the public from an accelerated energy transition.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Japanese giants challenged to prove ‘clean’ coal to hydrogen dream
Victorian minister Lily D’Ambrosio says a multi-billion dollar Japanese push to make hydrogen from La Trobe Valley coal must prove it can catch and store carbon.
- Elouise Fowler and Peter Ker
Transgrid overcooked cost of alternate HumeLink plan, residents claim
A residents group agitating for major poles and wires to be buried underground says the energy giant overstated the cost by more than 50 per cent.
- Samantha Hutchinson
AEMO, CEOs in call-to-arms on clean energy build-out
The nation’s energy market operator will urge developers to exploit all available government schemes to get projects into construction, and get community backing.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
Australia’s window of opportunity narrowing for hydrogen dominance
There’s no shortage of hydrogen hype, but how realistic are expectations that Australia can become a green hydrogen superpower?
- Ronald Mizen
Energy regulator warns of growing Snowy Hydro market power
The Australian Energy Regulator singled out Snowy Hydro’s growing share of the market for flexible power and underscored the importance of “open and competitive” markets.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
