Energy sector in race to fix gas crunch as supply fears deepen

Energy sector in race to fix gas crunch as supply fears deepen

Time is running out to avert gas shortfalls and price spikes in Australia’s south-east as local production of the fossil fuel plummets faster than demand.

  • byNick Toscano

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Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects

Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects

Federal Resources Minister says new gas production projects in NSW,Victoria would be optimal solution to gas shortages.

  • byMike Foley
Not in my backyard:Liberals,Nationals go cold on nuclear

Not in my backyard:Liberals,Nationals go cold on nuclear

Coalition MPs are strongly in favour of nuclear energy – but they’re not so sure about where to put the power plants.

  • byJames Massola,Mike Foley andOlivia Ireland
The energy sector is having its Uber moment

The energy sector is having its Uber moment

Octopus Energy wants to give the global electricity market its Uber moment as renewable energy erodes the traditional relationships between power companies,their customers and the grid.

  • byColin Kruger
Investors eager to power Australia’s switch to renewables,not nuclear

Investors eager to power Australia’s switch to renewables,not nuclear

Major investors are increasingly willing to plough their billions of dollars into Australian renewable energy,but have little desire to go nuclear.

  • byNick Toscano
Minister in talks with gas exporters to lock in local supplies

Minister in talks with gas exporters to lock in local supplies

Australia’s gas exporters are edging closer to a deal with the Albanese government that would boost supplies and help temper fears of looming shortages.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
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Energy suppliers see demand for gas imports in race to avert shortfall

Energy suppliers see demand for gas imports in race to avert shortfall

Fresh warnings of energy shortages could lift demand for gas imports despite Australia being one of the world’s top producers of LNG.

  • byNick Toscano
Winter gas threat grows in Victoria,NSW as offshore fields dry up

Winter gas threat grows in Victoria,NSW as offshore fields dry up

Gas users are in danger of winter shortfalls sooner than originally feared as ExxonMobil and Woodside’s Bass Strait production fields dry up.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
Power bills set to fall after two years of huge increases

Power bills set to fall after two years of huge increases

Homes and businesses will start to feel relief from soaring electricity bills within months.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
How the power bill changes will affect you

How the power bill changes will affect you

Electricity prices are tipped to fall across the eastern seaboard,but small price increases are coming for large pockets of the country.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
AGL boss says no to Dutton’s nuclear vision for coal power sites

AGL boss says no to Dutton’s nuclear vision for coal power sites

Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plant operator has ruled out taking part in the Coalition’s plan to build nuclear generators at its sites.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley