The opposition leader claims his plan will deliver enough gas locally to swiftly cut the wholesale price of $14 a gigajoule to $10.
The emergence of a grainy series of satellite images taken over a city in central China has fuelled fears about the future of energy.
Dutton’s $331 billion plan hinges on running coal plants for potentially decades longer than current forecasts and building the first nuclear plant by 2037.
Homes built before 2003 are typically inefficient,leading to higher energy bills and increased greenhouse emissions. But experts say there are simple things you can do.
The opposition’s energy spokesman will attempt to reassure clean-energy businesses that the Coalition sees a central role for wind and solar power after comments by the Nationals leader rattled the industry.
The state will now appoint special advisors to the government-owned operator of the Callide power station,CS Energy,amid a review of all its power generators.
Australians are still paying a price for the energy policy disputes of the past. The nuclear proposal is unlikely to end the argument.
Many Australians are willing to consider nuclear power even if they are not sure,raising the stakes for Labor and the Coalition in an election fight on energy.
Concerns over political risk have slowed the opposition energy plan,casting doubt on the Coalition’s previous aim of announcing six possible nuclear sites before the May budget.
Victoria’s opposition is gathering support for an inquiry into the state’s ageing electricity infrastructure after transmission lines came down and half a million homes lost power in heavy winds.