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

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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
Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

The project to build Australia’s largest solar farm has been approved after collapsing last year due to a rift between billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest.

  • byMike Foley
Australia’s window for hitting net zero is ‘rapidly closing’

Australia’s window for hitting net zero is ‘rapidly closing’

The share of wind,solar and hydropower in the electricity grid needs to more than double by 2030 for the nation to reach its net zero goal,modelling suggests.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
Fuel giant Ampol to miss target for electric vehicle charging bays

Fuel giant Ampol to miss target for electric vehicle charging bays

Australia’s top fuel supplier say its plan to install 300 electric charging bays by the end of this year is moving slower than expected.

  • byNick Toscano
Crossbench demands Labor pork-barrel-proof $22 billion policy

Crossbench demands Labor pork-barrel-proof $22 billion policy

Future Made in Australia is in limbo unless the Albanese government provides assurances the centrepiece policy will not be used to buy votes.

  • byDavid Crowe
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‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’:The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms
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‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’:The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms

Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income,but can also offer agricultural benefits.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Origin shares tumble despite $1.4b profit on soaring electricity prices

Origin shares tumble despite $1.4b profit on soaring electricity prices

Origin Energy has reported a 30 per cent rise in profit amid soaring earnings from its domestic power plants and retailing business,but shares have dived on a lower earnings target than expected.

  • byNick Toscano
Half an hour of power:Renewables’ record surge a sign of future supply
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Half an hour of power:Renewables’ record surge a sign of future supply

The energy regulator says renewables could dominate the electricity grid within the decade – if the grid gets the right upgrades.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
Top polluter AGL buys green energy group to power its shift from coal

Top polluter AGL buys green energy group to power its shift from coal

Power giant AGL has struck a deal to buy a big battery and solar developer as it races to add more renewables in time for its impending coal plant closures.

  • byNick Toscano
Shock downgrade hits new Victorian gasfield,worsening risk of shortfalls

Shock downgrade hits new Victorian gasfield,worsening risk of shortfalls

The state’s first new gasfield to begin production in a decade,off the coast of Port Campbell,is now thought to hold much less gas than first forecast.

  • byNick Toscano