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.
Electric vehicles are a key target of reforms that aim to harness the wave of new,clean energy technology.
The residents of the tiny hamlet of Wallaroo in the Southern Tablelands say they support renewables,but the proposal for a giant solar farm on their doorstep is in the wrong location.
The giant tunnel boring machine has been stuck for months in hard rock deep below the Kosciuszko National Park.
Energy and manufacturing giants are refusing to back the Coalition’s rejection of Australia’s 2030 climate targets,and want to accelerate the green power shift.
Opposition threats to scrap Australia’s 2030 emissions target and talk up nuclear power have rattled major players behind renewables projects,according to the federal energy minister.
One of Australia’s top energy officials warns nuclear energy is expensive and cannot be developed in time to replace coal plants.
Developers of giant batteries designed to smooth the shift from coal to cleaner power are attracting record levels of investment.
Delays in upgrades to the east-coast grid could raise power bills by hundreds of dollars a year in some parts of the country,analysis shows.
Evidence is mounting that some time over the past few months,China’s greenhouse gas emissions peaked. If so,it is likely that a global decline has begun.
An explosion in the number of data centres in Melbourne and Sydney,which will use vast amounts of electricity,is looming as a new test for the grid.