Renewable energy boost turns up heat on existing power plants

Renewable energy boost turns up heat on existing power plants

The energy industry is warning greater co-ordination is needed to ensure new supplies are built in time for more coal-fired power plant closures.

  • byNick Toscano

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‘The race is on’:Australia’s urgent mission to tap global green markets

‘The race is on’:Australia’s urgent mission to tap global green markets

Australian governments will need to spend taxpayers’ money soon to build the industries of the future,says former Labor minister Greg Combet.

  • byMike Foley
Albanese’s $1b bet on Australian-made solar panels

Albanese’s $1b bet on Australian-made solar panels

Australia has the world’s highest uptake of rooftop solar panels with one in three households having them. However,only 1 per cent are manufactured locally.

  • byMike Foley
Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects

Energy shortage fears prompt minister to pump up new gas projects

Federal Resources Minister says new gas production projects in NSW,Victoria would be optimal solution to gas shortages.

  • byMike Foley
Winter gas threat grows in Victoria,NSW as offshore fields dry up

Winter gas threat grows in Victoria,NSW as offshore fields dry up

Gas users are in danger of winter shortfalls sooner than originally feared as ExxonMobil and Woodside’s Bass Strait production fields dry up.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
Extreme weather is wreaking havoc on Australian music festivals. Can they survive?

Extreme weather is wreaking havoc on Australian music festivals. Can they survive?

The cancellation of Victoria’s Pitch festival amid extreme heat and the death of a patron has restarted urgent conversations about Australia’s beloved festivals.

  • byNell Geraets
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AGL boss says no to Dutton’s nuclear vision for coal power sites

AGL boss says no to Dutton’s nuclear vision for coal power sites

Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plant operator has ruled out taking part in the Coalition’s plan to build nuclear generators at its sites.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley
The competing agendas that threaten to derail Australia’s renewable rollout

The competing agendas that threaten to derail Australia’s renewable rollout

Chris Bowen’s goal of meeting Australia’s climate targets by 2030 collides with Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s role protecting the ecosystem from large developments.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
The photos that show nothing so far has saved the Great Barrier Reef

The photos that show nothing so far has saved the Great Barrier Reef

The Albanese government faces fresh questions over its climate action after the Great Barrier Reef was hit by its fifth mass bleaching event since 2016.

  • byMike Foley
Deep discounting may be needed to drive EV sales where Labor needs them

Deep discounting may be needed to drive EV sales where Labor needs them

The average price of an electric vehicle may have to be $31,000 below that of an equivalent petrol passenger car to achieve the government’s take-up targets,a new analysis suggests.

  • byDavid Crowe
Stoush over caps on car emissions heats up

Stoush over caps on car emissions heats up

Some NSW and Victorian motorists could save $1800 a year in fuel costs under a plan to cap motor vehicle pollution,Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said citing new analysis.

  • byLisa Visentin