Done right,the future is more than just wind turbines and solar fields
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Done right,the future is more than just wind turbines and solar fields

There are political and economic risks in pumping public money into new tech,but the payoffs are potentially vast for new and old industries alike.

  • byNick O'Malley

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Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0

Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0

A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.

  • byNick O'Malley
Views split on Woodside’s climate stance as investor vote looms

Views split on Woodside’s climate stance as investor vote looms

The company’s credibility will be put to the test this month when backers have their say on its emissions plan and the future of chairman Richard Goyder.

  • byNick Toscano
LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift

LNG giants escape export clampdown this winter as supplies lift

East coast gas producers will avoid facing unprecedented orders to break export contracts and redirect supplies to Australian buyers this winter.

  • byNick Toscano
Push to remove Goyder as Woodside faces investor climate heat

Push to remove Goyder as Woodside faces investor climate heat

Australia’s largest oil and gas company is at risk of facing an investor backlash over its response to climate change at an upcoming shareholder vote.

  • byNick Toscano
Renewable energy boost turns up heat on existing power plants

Renewable energy boost turns up heat on existing power plants

The energy industry is warning greater co-ordination is needed to ensure new supplies are built in time for more coal-fired power plant closures.

  • byNick Toscano
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Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal

Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal

The CEO of a major Australian power utility says clean hydrogen could replace gas in power plants within a decade,eliminating the need to go nuclear.

  • byNick Toscano
Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet

Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet

Australia can bid for solar cell factories,but if we lack the power to run them,the hope is forlorn.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Beach Energy to slash almost a third of its staff in cost-cutting push

Beach Energy to slash almost a third of its staff in cost-cutting push

The Kerry Stokes-backed oil and gas producer will lay off 30 per cent of its workforce and overhaul its executive leadership team in a bid turn the company around.

  • byNick Toscano
AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station

AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station

AGL will partner with a start-up backed by its biggest shareholder,Mike Cannon-Brookes,to assess building a first-of-its-kind solar panel factory in the NSW Upper Hunter region.

  • byNick Toscano
Australia’s fossil fuel giants set to take multibillion-dollar hit

Australia’s fossil fuel giants set to take multibillion-dollar hit

Australia’s gas and coal exporters face a tricky next five years with prices expected to keep tumbling.

  • byNick Toscano