There’s real power in change – and jobs too
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There’s real power in change – and jobs too

Coal is no longer king,but Australia has the natural resources to become a world leader in renewable energy.

  • byAndrew Stock

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Energy Minister tells Origin to ‘keep to its word’ on 2025 coal exit review
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Energy Minister tells Origin to ‘keep to its word’ on 2025 coal exit review

The energy company that shocked Angus Taylor with its coal closure announcement has been put on notice over a key price promise.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
‘Jobs of tomorrow’:NSW fast-tracks renewables after Eraring closure

‘Jobs of tomorrow’:NSW fast-tracks renewables after Eraring closure

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean says Eraring power station workers will be offered work in the growing renewables sector when they lose their jobs in 2025.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Origin Energy to bring forward closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant
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Origin Energy to bring forward closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant

Origin Energy will close the 2880-megawatt Eraring generator at Lake Macquarie in NSW in 2025,seven years earlier than scheduled.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
'Super'battery to boost NSW supply when coal-fired power station closes

'Super'battery to boost NSW supply when coal-fired power station closes

Origin Energy has announced it will close its 2880-megawatt Eraring generator at Lake Macquarie in NSW in 2025,seven years earlier than scheduled.

  • byAlexandra Smith
Ex-Woodside insider rejects gas industry’s ‘clean fuel’,‘net zero’ claims
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Ex-Woodside insider rejects gas industry’s ‘clean fuel’,‘net zero’ claims

A former senior executive at Australian energy giant Woodside has accused the nation’s multibillion dollar gas industry of misleading the public on climate change.

  • byCharlotte Grieve
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Rising prices to lift AGL,Origin from power earnings trough

Rising prices to lift AGL,Origin from power earnings trough

A sharp recovery in wholesale power prices is improving the outlook for Australia’s two largest generators after enduring months of pressure.

  • byNick Toscano
Energy crunch fires up demand for Origin’s LNG cargoes

Energy crunch fires up demand for Origin’s LNG cargoes

Power and gas supplier Origin Energy is cashing in from a global energy crunch,striking deals to sell several LNG cargoes at soaring prices.

  • byNick Toscano
Twiggy’s green hydrogen dream becalmed in Tasmania

Twiggy’s green hydrogen dream becalmed in Tasmania

Iron ore billionaire Andrew Forrest will need to secure a power purchase contract from a yet-to-be-built wind farm to get his proposed green hydrogen plant off the ground.

  • byPeter Milne
Origin eyeing ACT-size shale oil reserves under delicate Qld floodplains
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Origin eyeing ACT-size shale oil reserves under delicate Qld floodplains

Just months after a global energy agency warned against any new production fields,to limit global warming,Origin Energy wants state approval to seek fossil fuels in the Channel Country.

  • byMatt Dennien
Origin to sell 10pc stake in Australian LNG business for $2.1b

Origin to sell 10pc stake in Australian LNG business for $2.1b

Origin Energy,one of the nation’s top power and gas suppliers,has struck a $2.12 billion deal to sell a 10 per cent stake in its Queensland LNG joint venture.

  • byNick Toscano