Revealed:Sharpe signed off on rewrite that helped keep Eraring power station open

Revealed:Sharpe signed off on rewrite that helped keep Eraring power station open

Just months before it announced the deal to extend the life of Eraring,the NSW government asked the electricity grid operator to undertake more conservative modelling.

  • byMax Maddison

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New tax stoush flares over Woodside’s $7.7b oil project in Senegal

New tax stoush flares over Woodside’s $7.7b oil project in Senegal

Woodside,the largest Australian energy company,is locked in a legal dispute in Senegal over how much tax it must pay from its newest oil field.

  • byNick Toscano
Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift

Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift

Australia’s biggest coal exporter says more than two-thirds of its shareholders want the company to hold on to its coal mines.

  • byNick Toscano
Bowen slams as ‘lie’ Dutton’s claim on energy bills amid cost-of-living fight

Bowen slams as ‘lie’ Dutton’s claim on energy bills amid cost-of-living fight

The opposition leader says power prices have increased by $1000 under the Albanese government. But Labor says those claims don’t stack up.

  • byMike Foley
Nation’s biggest power plant burns most coal since 2019

Nation’s biggest power plant burns most coal since 2019

The Eraring power station’s coal output has hit a five-year-high,highlighting the difficulties of weaning the grid off the polluting fossil fuel.

  • byNick Toscano
Forrest’s Fortescue boosts spending to keep green hydrogen dream alive

Forrest’s Fortescue boosts spending to keep green hydrogen dream alive

Mining giant says it will lift spending on its green energy division this year despite setbacks tempering its ambitious green hydrogen targets.

  • byNick Toscano
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Electricity prices rise as cold spell and wind drought bite

Electricity prices rise as cold spell and wind drought bite

Electricity costs are climbing again after a stretch of cold weather coincided with a wind power drought,forcing expensive gas plants to fill the gap.

  • byNick Toscano
Woodside in talks to form ‘dream team’ for US gas exports

Woodside in talks to form ‘dream team’ for US gas exports

Oil and gas giant Woodside is in talks to pull together a team of potential partners to help launch its new LNG terminal in the United States to muscle into the market.

  • byNick Toscano
States pump up ‘key technology’ to get households off gas
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States pump up ‘key technology’ to get households off gas

Australia’s eastern states are facing looming gas shortages,and home owners are set to be targeted to reduce their use.

  • byMike Foley
Woodside chases global LNG ‘powerhouse’ crown with latest deal

Woodside chases global LNG ‘powerhouse’ crown with latest deal

Australia’s top oil and gas company has agreed to buy US LNG developer Tellurian and a huge new export terminal it has started building in Louisiana.

  • byNick Toscano
Can the Voices model help communities fight off nuclear reactors?

Can the Voices model help communities fight off nuclear reactors?

Coal communities across the country – facing the loss of industry,jobs and the social fabric that binds them together – are poised to transition from the coal that built their histories.

  • byBianca Hall andMike Foley