Concerns over political risk have slowed the opposition energy plan,casting doubt on the Coalition’s previous aim of announcing six possible nuclear sites before the May budget.
Victoria’s opposition is gathering support for an inquiry into the state’s ageing electricity infrastructure after transmission lines came down and half a million homes lost power in heavy winds.
Nickel was a rising star of Australia’s battery-driven green energy mining boom,but then events in Indonesia changed everything.
Kyiv has made a fresh plea for a shipment of Australian coal amid fears of major blackouts as Russia targets Ukraine’s energy supply.
Analysts at Westpac believe oil prices could rise more still as the airstrikes against the Yemeni rebel group continue.
Australia’s 3.5 million rooftop solar installations are pumping out so much energy on sunny days,they’re forcing large-scale wind and solar farms – as well as coal plants – to reduce generation.
The federal government will reveal two energy deals to fix a looming gas shortage under an industry regime the Greens are seeking to block.
Some of the world’s biggest biggest renewable firms are waiting for an imminent decision on wind farm licences in Gippsland.
Melbourne Airport will be part of a major trial to shift energy demand from peak times and use renewable power when it is more abundant to put downward pressure on the electricity grid.
Large industrial facilities are being asked to reduce electricity usage over summer as officials ready for a long and hot season.
Trade Minister Don Farrell and key cabinet ministers will seek to convince Japan of Australia’s reliability as an exporter in high-powered trade talks.