Australia’s energy transition has a timing problem:we have enough renewables to undermine coal,but not enough yet to replace it. That means plants like Origin Energy’s Eraring are being forced to stay in the mix.
Power bills would rise by hundreds of dollars a year to pay for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s signature policy,new modelling shows.
A plan to start importing giant shipments of liquefied gas reopened for approval amid worries of an east-coast energy crunch.
Waste heat generated from piggeries,kilns and even crematoriums is being touted to power homes under a trial that has developed a commercially viable engine.
Tantalising new technology means electric cars could reshape the power grid – and make drivers money.
Australia is at the forefront of the green transition,but the weather gods are testing the government’s plans to cut greenhouse gases.
The grid operator found that delays to key energy projects could cause power outages during a summer heatwave on the eastern seaboard.
Following Friday’s Hunter Valley earthquake,Dutton’s energy spokesman,Ted O’Brien,says a Coalition government would review the sites if elected.
One of Australia’s biggest fuel suppliers says there is growing recognition that time is running out to avert a gas crisis in the nation’s south-east.
Rio Tinto and Woodside have signed up to a $60m scientific initiative as they search for ways to cut emissions and convert their waste into cleaner commodities.
A fourth giant tunnelling machine will be added to the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in a bid to keep it on track.