Albanese has a new slogan. Just don’t play a drinking game with it

Albanese has a new slogan. Just don’t play a drinking game with it

The phrase is a vital part of the PM’s bid to win the election,and is so blatantly retail that anyone who is against it almost sounds un-Australian.

  • byDavid Crowe

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Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0

Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0

A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.

  • byNick O'Malley
Zen Energy's Tunnel Project to Power Half a Million Homes
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Zen Energy's Tunnel Project to Power Half a Million Homes

An eight-metre wide tunnel connecting Lake Burragorang to a reservoir built into the pit of a disused coal washery will create hydropower for 500,000 homes.

Backlash over renewables rollout pushes projects into native species habitat

Backlash over renewables rollout pushes projects into native species habitat

The Albanese government is caught between twin pledges to double renewable energy and to end Australia’s steady stream of native species extinctions.

  • byMike Foley
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
‘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
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Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal

Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal

The CEO of a major Australian power utility says clean hydrogen could replace gas in power plants within a decade,eliminating the need to go nuclear.

  • byNick Toscano
Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet
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Labor has a broken energy fix. The Libs don’t have one at all – yet

Australia can bid for solar cell factories,but if we lack the power to run them,the hope is forlorn.

  • byPeter Hartcher
Australia invented solar panels. Now 99 per cent of ours are made in China

Australia invented solar panels. Now 99 per cent of ours are made in China

Despite the government’s $1 billion announcement this week,Australian solar manufacturing could disappear as several companies said they have already been approached to move offshore.

  • byMike Foley
Liberal MP warns Dutton on nuclear energy as Labor steps up attacks

Liberal MP warns Dutton on nuclear energy as Labor steps up attacks

There is widespread support in the opposition for a conversation on nuclear energy,but several Coalition MPs say they are worried the opposition is moving too quickly.

  • byPaul Sakkal
AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station

AGL and Cannon-Brookes want to make solar panels at former coal power station

AGL will partner with a start-up backed by its biggest shareholder,Mike Cannon-Brookes,to assess building a first-of-its-kind solar panel factory in the NSW Upper Hunter region.

  • byNick Toscano