Wholesale energy prices hit new highs months before the federal election,further intensifying the cost-of-living clash between Labor and the Coalition.
The Climate Council says coal outages are primary drivers of power shortage warnings,particularly in summer,and have contributed to some of the largest power price spikes along the eastern seaboard
NSW’s Labor Energy Minister Penny Sharpe says Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is nothing more than a “hope and a prayer”.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s energy plan is for coal plants to keep running until nuclear is built. But the coal owners need answers.
A $400 million Battery Energy Storage System will use lithium-ion battery technology to support the WA power grid through wind and solar energy.
Things are heating up,even before Donald Trump returns to the White House and the Republicans take control of Congress.
Sydneysiders have been asked to lower energy use after 3pm as the hottest November day since 2020 offers a stark demonstration of the unreliability of ageing coal power stations.
The energy market operator’s warning exposes weaknesses in the grid’s reliability as Labor and the Coalition escalate their climate wars.
Combined with an early exit by coal,hold-ups to major transmission projects could produce a bill shock for Victorian households.
“The Minns government can’t arrest their way out of the fact that people are freaked out about climate crisis and angry that the government is continuing to approve new coal and gas projects,” said protest organiser Alexa Stuart.