Gas made from cow manure could be new front in energy fight

Gas made from cow manure could be new front in energy fight

Advocates want to increase our production of biomethane to shore up supply,but environment groups say it’s not needed except for industrial uses.

  • byKieran Rooney

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Dutton to ditch Paris Agreement:analysis reveals nuclear impact on emissions

Dutton to ditch Paris Agreement:analysis reveals nuclear impact on emissions

Peter Dutton’s energy policy will blow Australia’s greenhouse gas budget and reignite Australia’s climate wars.

  • byMike Foley
Household battery sales ‘grind to a halt’ as consumers await savings

Household battery sales ‘grind to a halt’ as consumers await savings

The NSW government will offer an incentive of up to $2400 to buy a household battery from November 1. The solar industry welcomes it,but wants it brought forward.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
People power:Why your suburb might soon have a battery like this one

People power:Why your suburb might soon have a battery like this one

A new fleet of mid-size batteries could ease the strain on solar-heavy grids and share the benefits of cheap solar energy more widely,Ausgrid says.

  • byNick Toscano
‘Every day between now and the election’:Albanese ignites nuclear fight with Dutton

‘Every day between now and the election’:Albanese ignites nuclear fight with Dutton

Anthony Albanese is spoiling for a fight on Peter Dutton’s nuclear power at the next election. It’s a fight he has won once before.

  • byJames Massola
Japan locks in 10 years of Santos gas amid energy security push

Japan locks in 10 years of Santos gas amid energy security push

Santos has struck a 10-year deal to sell LNG to Japan,underscoring what the industry argues is the country’s long-term appetite for gas even as it decarbonises.

  • byNick Toscano
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This week in Australia energy and climate collided;it’s a global story
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This week in Australia energy and climate collided;it’s a global story

This week in Australia energy and climate collided;it’s a global story

  • byNick O'Malley
Can you really turn your house into a power plant?

Can you really turn your house into a power plant?

Virtual power plant programs,and the growing number of retail offers being built around them,are coming at a critical moment in the energy transition.

  • byNick Toscano
Gas shortfalls could force businesses offshore

Gas shortfalls could force businesses offshore

Business leaders are threatening the government that gas insecurity might force them to quit Victoria.

  • byKieran Rooney,Broede Carmody andAnnika Smethurst
Origin boss backs Eraring to stop blackouts as states go nuclear on Dutton plan

Origin boss backs Eraring to stop blackouts as states go nuclear on Dutton plan

As news of the deal to prolong the life of the Eraring power station broke,state governments lined up to oppose nuclear energy.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
Power station’s reprieve a wake-up call for renewables

Power station’s reprieve a wake-up call for renewables

Premier Chris Minns made a stunning admission when announcing he would keep the Eraring coal-fired power station open but the people of NSW hd no idea doomsday was so close.

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