Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit,and proving just as intractable
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Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit,and proving just as intractable

If the Coalition isn’t making up the policy as it’s going along,then it’s doing a Vegas-level impression of a political outfit that is.

  • byShaun Carney

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Electric vehicles can charge to the rescue in blackouts

A world-first trial highlights the huge potential of EVs to help out in a crisis.

  • byMike Foley
The one thing that made Eddy hold off on buying an electric vehicle

The one thing that made Eddy hold off on buying an electric vehicle

Eddy Blaxell and his partner wanted to buy an EV two years ago. The problem was that they lived in the inner city with no off-street parking and had nowhere to charge it.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Political fight sparks as electricity network axes timber power poles

Political fight sparks as electricity network axes timber power poles

Essential Energy,the electricity distributor that covers 95 per cent of NSW,is switching to composite poles to make its network more resilient in bushfires.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing,not nuclear

AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing,not nuclear

Australia’s largest power supplier is moving ahead with its plans to turn its old coal sites into low-carbon industrial energy hubs,despite Peter Dutton’s push for them to host nuclear.

  • byNick Toscano
Nuclear debate is getting heated,but whose energy plan stacks up?

Nuclear debate is getting heated,but whose energy plan stacks up?

Will the government’s renewables plan cost $1 trillion? Is nuclear energy cheaper? Can a reactor be up and running by 2037? We answer the nuclear debate’s biggest questions.

  • byMike Foley
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Voters split on nuclear but most see renewables as way forward

Voters split on nuclear but most see renewables as way forward

Many Australians are willing to consider nuclear power even if they are not sure,raising the stakes for Labor and the Coalition in an election fight on energy.

  • byDavid Crowe
If Dutton’s given up on the teal seats,how about a nuclear reactor in Vaucluse?

If Dutton’s given up on the teal seats,how about a nuclear reactor in Vaucluse?

The Coalition’s embrace of nuclear power may be a sign of surrender in teal-town. Pity the moderate candidates suffering the progressive fallout.

  • byDaisy Turnbull
‘Why can’t they put them off Sydney Heads?’ Inside a community divided on its future

‘Why can’t they put them off Sydney Heads?’ Inside a community divided on its future

Wollongong locals are wary about plans to build a wind farm off their beaches,but open to persuasion.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Dutton’s much-hyped nuclear ‘announcement’ is fantasy-land stuff

Dutton’s much-hyped nuclear ‘announcement’ is fantasy-land stuff

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says never mind the cost,trust me on nuclear power stations.

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‘Cheaper,cleaner,more consistent’:Do Dutton’s claims on nuclear stack up?

‘Cheaper,cleaner,more consistent’:Do Dutton’s claims on nuclear stack up?

The opposition leader has promised a “bold,visionary” nuclear program that lowers energy prices. Here is a fact check of his major claims.

  • byMike Foley