Soaring gas prices send explosives maker out of east coast gas market

Soaring gas prices send explosives maker out of east coast gas market

Incitec Pivot has stitched up a gas supply deal that will allow it to opt out of the volatile east coast gas market.

  • bySimon Johanson

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AGL shuts coal unit for major works to tackle winter breakdown risks
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AGL shuts coal unit for major works to tackle winter breakdown risks

Power giant AGL has taken a major coal-fired unit offline for $92 million of maintenance to minimise the risk of faults crimping supply and straining the grid.

  • byNick Toscano
End of an era:What happens when Liddell is switched off for good?

End of an era:What happens when Liddell is switched off for good?

The towers will be blown up,thousands of tonnes of steel and concrete will be trucked away and workers will hang up their hard hats. This is how the Liddell coal-fired power station will be demolished.

  • byLaura Chung andJanie Barrett
AGL sees ‘significant’ power price rises despite coal caps

AGL sees ‘significant’ power price rises despite coal caps

Energy giant AGL has reported a half-year loss of more than $1 billion,capping off a tumultuous period for the nation’s largest greenhouse gas emitter.

  • byNick Toscano
Power giant AGL appoints CEO as green shift accelerates
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Power giant AGL appoints CEO as green shift accelerates

The nation’s largest greenhouse gas emitter has appointed interim CEO Damien Nicks to the job permanently to lead its efforts to more aggressively decarbonise its operations.

  • byNick Toscano
AGL misses chance for a superhero reset

AGL misses chance for a superhero reset

The appointment of the bloke who had been filling in,Damien Nicks,as chief executive seems like an anti-climax,given the expectation of a new climate transition expert.

  • byElizabeth Knight
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The hapless,the almost reformed and Mike Cannon-Brookes:Corporate Australia’s highlights for 2022

The hapless,the almost reformed and Mike Cannon-Brookes:Corporate Australia’s highlights for 2022

Corporate Australia battled a much harder economic landscape than it expected during the year,but most attention was on board stoushes,hackers and a big move by the Big Australian.

  • bySarah Danckert
NSW to turbocharge transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions
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NSW to turbocharge transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions

NSW will hit its current target of halving emissions from 2005 levels by 2030,said Treasurer Matt Kean,who will on Friday announce the new goal of a 70 per cent reduction by 2035.

  • byAlexandra Smith
‘This could be existential’:Behind gas’ desperate global game plan

‘This could be existential’:Behind gas’ desperate global game plan

One of the world’s largest gas lobby groups has mistakenly published confidential papers revealing its messaging plans to keep the fossil fuel’s social licence.

  • byPeter Milne
Otway Basin gas project at risk due to federal energy policy fight

Otway Basin gas project at risk due to federal energy policy fight

The developer of a gas project in the Otway Basin set to supply AGL is calling for assurances from the government about the extent of its intervention plans.

  • byNick Toscano
AGL to close SA gas power plant in 2026 as renewables accelerate
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AGL to close SA gas power plant in 2026 as renewables accelerate

AGL will close South Australia’s Torrens Island B gas-fired power plant in 2026 as fossil fuels face pressure from wind and solar undercutting their viability.

  • byNick Toscano