More than other renewables,wind projects and the transmission lines needed to carry their power impose themselves on the landscape.
The climate change minister wants all levels of government to speed up planning decisions,but would not comment on Tanya Plibersek’s veto of Victoria’s planned wind-farm port.
Victoria’s climate minister Lily D’Ambrosio says the federal government rejected her pitch to join forces to develop a critical wind turbine facility.
The Albanese government is being urged to reconsider its resistance to creating a Joe Biden-style Inflation Reduction Act.
Strong sales show Australia can catch up with global EV growth to decarbonise the transport sector in time for the 2050 target.
The government is making an each-way bet when it comes to dealing with the energy transition – and that’s a big problem.
The Albanese government says the new standards from December 2025 will save lives and cut health costs.
The agency tasked with keeping the lights on says coal power stations will shut down quicker than their owners are expecting.
The end of the negotiations came suddenly,a day after the talks were to have ended and after two marathon nights of tough discussions between rival voting blocs.
There had been hope that the final agreement would include language that specifically addressed the key cause of emissions and climate change – the burning of fossil fuels.
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen told the climate talks that fossil fuels have no future in world energy systems,but his nod to emissions capture has irked some.