Origin Energy faces climate push as investors dial up the heat

Origin Energy faces climate push as investors dial up the heat

More than 40 per cent of Origin’s shareholders backed an activist resolution for the company to align its spending strategy with stronger goals to stop global warming.

  • byNick Toscano

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CSIRO to cast independent eye over NT carbon storage plans

CSIRO to cast independent eye over NT carbon storage plans

CSIRO principal senior research scientist Andrew Ross will lead a team that will spend up to two years assessing if the business case for a carbon capture,use and storage hub near Darwin stacks up.

  • byPeter Milne
Beach Energy inks deal with BP for maiden LNG exports

Beach Energy inks deal with BP for maiden LNG exports

Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy is making its foray into the LNG market with a landmark deal to sell cargoes to British super-major BP.

  • byNick Toscano
Origin cuts back coal power output as green shift slashes prices

Origin cuts back coal power output as green shift slashes prices

The COVID-19 pandemic and rapid rise of renewable energy hammered prices across the business of one of Australia’s top power and gas suppliers.

  • byNick Toscano
Origin Energy takes a $2.2b hit as green shift hurts,coal costs bite

Origin Energy takes a $2.2b hit as green shift hurts,coal costs bite

One of Australia’s top utilities has slashed the value of its business as the influx of renewables guts electricity prices and coal power’s profits.

  • byNick Toscano
‘Batteries on wheels’:The smart-charging tech in garages needed to drive EV boom

‘Batteries on wheels’:The smart-charging tech in garages needed to drive EV boom

One of Australia’s biggest power companies has called on governments to promote smart chargers in garages to prevent EV motorists from overloading the grid.

  • byNick Toscano
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It’s a gas,gas,gas:How Aussie richlisters plan to unlock a fracking fortune in the NT

It’s a gas,gas,gas:How Aussie richlisters plan to unlock a fracking fortune in the NT

Australia’s richlisters are backing a tiny gas company in the Northern Territory that has ambitions to redefine the energy market.

  • byAnne Hyland
Australia’s ‘energy future’ is suddenly upon us:Origin,AGL

Australia’s ‘energy future’ is suddenly upon us:Origin,AGL

Big changes are radically reshaping Australia’s energy market and forcing big power companies to stay ahead of accelerating demands.

  • byNick Toscano
Origin ordered to pay more in Beach Energy gas price stoush

Origin ordered to pay more in Beach Energy gas price stoush

Origin’s profit will take a big hit after being ordered to pay vastly more for the gas it buys from Kerry Stokes-backed Beach Energy.

  • byNick Toscano
Big emitters’ green goals drive AGL to mull ‘hybrid’ power plans

Big emitters’ green goals drive AGL to mull ‘hybrid’ power plans

AGL is assessing developing huge hybrid power systems to help decarbonise some of Australia’s most emissions-intensive industrial operations.

  • byNick Toscano
Origin boss warns investment needed to plug power gaps as coal exits

Origin boss warns investment needed to plug power gaps as coal exits

Origin Energy says governments must explore ways to spur investment in on-demand power capacity to plug gaps as coal plants retire.

  • byNick Toscano