Why is Australia still burning so much coal? Inside the power plant that just can’t close

Why is Australia still burning so much coal? Inside the power plant that just can’t close

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.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano

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Revealed:How much power bills could rise to pay for nuclear plants

Revealed:How much power bills could rise to pay for nuclear plants

Power bills would rise by hundreds of dollars a year to pay for Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s signature policy,new modelling shows.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
Australia is a top gas exporter. Should it start to import it now too?

Australia is a top gas exporter. Should it start to import it now too?

A plan to start importing giant shipments of liquefied gas reopened for approval amid worries of an east-coast energy crunch.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
Harnessed waste heat from cremations,sewage sludge could soon power our homes
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Harnessed waste heat from cremations,sewage sludge could soon power our homes

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.

  • byBianca Hall
‘Batteries on wheels’:Imagine earning $3000 a year from your electric car

‘Batteries on wheels’:Imagine earning $3000 a year from your electric car

Tantalising new technology means electric cars could reshape the power grid – and make drivers money.

  • byNick Toscano
Renewables meet reality:Power grid emissions rise to threaten Australia’s climate goals

Renewables meet reality:Power grid emissions rise to threaten Australia’s climate goals

Australia is at the forefront of the green transition,but the weather gods are testing the government’s plans to cut greenhouse gases.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
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Three months to back up the grid as risk of summer blackouts ramps up

Three months to back up the grid as risk of summer blackouts ramps up

The grid operator found that delays to key energy projects could cause power outages during a summer heatwave on the eastern seaboard.

  • byMike Foley
Coalition pledges to ditch nuclear sites if earthquake zones are declared unsafe

Coalition pledges to ditch nuclear sites if earthquake zones are declared unsafe

Following Friday’s Hunter Valley earthquake,Dutton’s energy spokesman,Ted O’Brien,says a Coalition government would review the sites if elected.

  • byMike Foley
Fuel giant says it’s time to get on with gas import plan

Fuel giant says it’s time to get on with gas import plan

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.

  • byNick Toscano
Big emitters chase new climate fix:turning their pollution into products

Big emitters chase new climate fix:turning their pollution into products

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.

  • byNick Toscano
Florence the machine to get a boring friend at Snowy 2.0

Florence the machine to get a boring friend at Snowy 2.0

A fourth giant tunnelling machine will be added to the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in a bid to keep it on track.

  • byMike Foley