Nuclear debate is getting heated,but whose energy plan stacks up?

Nuclear debate is getting heated,but whose energy plan stacks up?

Will the government’s renewables plan cost $1 trillion? Is nuclear energy cheaper? Can a reactor be up and running by 2037? We answer the nuclear debate’s biggest questions.

  • byMike Foley

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Australian voters back plans to keep gas on tap

Australian voters back plans to keep gas on tap

The poll found that 75 per cent of voters supported a domestic gas reservation policy to ensure a steady supply of gas to households and businesses.

  • byJames Massola
The tale of two households:Behind the new grid charges for excess solar

The tale of two households:Behind the new grid charges for excess solar

Australia has the highest rooftop solar penetration in the world,which brings both opportunities for decarbonisation and challenges for the grid.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Nearly a million NSW households face new charges for solar exports

Nearly a million NSW households face new charges for solar exports

Regional electricity distributors Essential Energy and Endeavour Energy joined Ausgrid in announcing charges for solar customers exporting too much energy in the middle of the day.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Dangerous heat kills dozens,closes schools,prompts four-day workweek

Dangerous heat kills dozens,closes schools,prompts four-day workweek

Several countries in South-East Asia are grappling with a heatwave that has turned into tragedy in Thailand and is forcing power plant closures elsewhere.

  • byNeil Jerome Morales
Buildings as batteries? We need bright ideas like this
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Buildings as batteries? We need bright ideas like this

Office blocks have an important part to play in our efforts to limit further climate change. How? Keep reading.

  • byRoss Gittins
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Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects

Power giants fear green scheme will shut out crucial projects

Pumped hydro projects are at risk of missing out on contracts under the federal government’s green energy financing scheme,despite warnings they are critically needed.

  • byNick Toscano
Syrah riding the wave of global critical minerals race

Syrah riding the wave of global critical minerals race

Australia’s only integrated producer and refiner of natural graphite says it will avoid the meltdown roiling the nickel and lithium sector.

  • bySimon Johanson
Queensland solar farm tapped to power technology giant

Queensland solar farm tapped to power technology giant

Retail giant Amazon says it will partner with renewable firm Vena Energy to launch a solar farm in the Western Downs region.

  • byJennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Australia closing in on meeting 2030 emissions target,official projections show

Australia closing in on meeting 2030 emissions target,official projections show

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen will show the government is on track to meet a signature election commitment. But green groups aren’t satisfied.

  • byLisa Visentin andMike Foley
How your electricity bill gets worked out
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Energy prices

How your electricity bill gets worked out

Supplying the demand for power in homes can be a high-intensity balancing act. Why aren’t renewables making our bills cheaper? What’s behind the cost of our power?

  • byAngus Holland andJackson Graham