Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit,and proving just as intractable

Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit,and proving just as intractable

If the Coalition isn’t making up the policy as it’s going along,then it’s doing a Vegas-level impression of a political outfit that is.

  • byShaun Carney

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The dirty secret of Australia’s green energy transition

The dirty secret of Australia’s green energy transition

Renewable energy,storage and transmission lines will get Australia most of the way to banishing coal from the grid. But not the whole way,officials warn.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
How a second Trump term could hurt Australia

How a second Trump term could hurt Australia

There are fears that a second Trump presidency could slow the rollout of electric cars and renewables,softening demand for Australia’s critical minerals.

  • byNick Toscano
Nuclear option ‘not enough’ to avoid rush for more wind and solar

Nuclear option ‘not enough’ to avoid rush for more wind and solar

Research group Bloomberg New Energy Finance says seven reactors would reduce the need for renewables by just a small percentage.

  • byNick Toscano
Government’s clean power shift not happening fast enough,says grid operator

Government’s clean power shift not happening fast enough,says grid operator

The energy market operator has warned not enough renewable energy generators,batteries and transmission lines are being built in time to replace coal-fired energy.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing,not nuclear

AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing,not nuclear

Australia’s largest power supplier is moving ahead with its plans to turn its old coal sites into low-carbon industrial energy hubs,despite Peter Dutton’s push for them to host nuclear.

  • byNick Toscano
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Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash

Former Liberal minister’s new climate role heightens federal energy clash

A survey shows voters strongly back using subsidies to help families install solar panels,amid a wider argument about whether to embrace nuclear or renewable energy.

  • byDavid Crowe
Dutton’s claim nuclear waste would be size of Coke can ‘hard to swallow’

Dutton’s claim nuclear waste would be size of Coke can ‘hard to swallow’

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is spruiking the benefits of nuclear energy,but one of his claims has left a bad taste in experts’ mouths.

  • byMike Foley andBianca Hall
Get on with orderly energy transition,says Origin boss

Get on with orderly energy transition,says Origin boss

Origin chief says switch from coal power to renewable energy should be done in the most cost-efficient way for customers.

  • bySimon Johanson
AGL invests in new tech to help cut customers’ power prices

AGL invests in new tech to help cut customers’ power prices

The power giant will be able to manage and trade the energy customers generate from solar panels and batteries at home.

  • bySimon Johanson
Some heaters are like trying to ‘heat your home with a hair dryer’. Do this instead

Some heaters are like trying to ‘heat your home with a hair dryer’. Do this instead

While many households will need more serious heating options in winter,good home design and the principle of heating the person,not the room,can go a long way.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons