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.
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.
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.
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.
Future Made in Australia is in limbo unless the Albanese government provides assurances the centrepiece policy will not be used to buy votes.
Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income,but can also offer agricultural benefits.
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.
The energy regulator says renewables could dominate the electricity grid within the decade – if the grid gets the right upgrades.
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.
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.