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Industry urged to club together in clean energy hubs

Industry urged to club together in clean energy hubs

Taxpayer funding for cleaning up heavily polluting industries is being wasted by favouring smaller projects at individual facilities, economic modelling shows.

Big users bankroll new power to offset carbon footprint

Big users bankroll new power to offset carbon footprint

Big users bankroll new power to offset carbon footprint

Big users bankroll new power to offset carbon footprint

Mining companies are among big energy users bankrolling wind farms and other renewable energy projects to offset carbon emissions.

Call to snuff out 'dead end' coal, hit net zero by 2040

Call to snuff out 'dead end' coal, hit net zero by 2040

Call to snuff out 'dead end' coal, hit net zero by 2040

Call to snuff out 'dead end' coal, hit net zero by 2040

Australia is lagging frontrunners on ending coal and must join big economies in accelerating efforts to get to net zero emissions, a global scorecard shows.

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Switch to renewables 'messed up' despite clean ambition

Switch to renewables 'messed up' despite clean ambition

Industry leaders have told Australian governments to "go harder" to expand solar and battery energy production or risk missing key goals.

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Call for tax to stop exports of emissions, jobs to Asia

Net-zero tsar Greg Combet has put Australia on a post-war footing for the massive task of decarbonising the economy but business leaders are more realistic.

Support for fossil fuel firms to pay for climate damage

Support for fossil fuel firms to pay for climate damage

Most Australians want coal, oil and gas companies profiting amid a climate crisis to pay for the damage they are causing, a survey shows.

Taxpayer billions claim for coal plant encore 'cynical'

Taxpayer billions claim for coal plant encore 'cynical'

The NSW premier has rejected coalition claims that keeping the Eraring power plant running would cost billions of taxpayers dollars.

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Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Crunching the numbers on climate risk without greenwash

Australian companies face mandatory climate reporting as consumers and investors demand information they can trust and action to prevent even higher costs.

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Lithium leader Pilbara posts electrifying $2.4b profit

Pilbara Minerals reports a 326 per cent surge in net profit to $2.4 billion as the world rapidly electrifies and demands a secure supply of sustainable lithium.

Microgrids to end diesel dependency in remote areas

Microgrids to end diesel dependency in remote areas

Microgrids to end diesel dependency in remote areas

Microgrids to end diesel dependency in remote areas

Remote diesel-powered communities and worksites have a tougher challenge switching to renewables, prompting a federal agency to pump millions into microgrids.

Labor accused of propping up big coal in NSW power plan

Labor accused of propping up big coal in NSW power plan

Labor accused of propping up big coal in NSW power plan

Labor accused of propping up big coal in NSW power plan

The NSW government appears poised to extend the life of Australia's largest coal power station, despite Liberal and Greens MPs saying it is unnecessary.

Industry data casts doubt on 2030 clean energy target

Industry data casts doubt on 2030 clean energy target

Industry data casts doubt on 2030 clean energy target

Industry data casts doubt on 2030 clean energy target

A clean energy investment snapshot shows Australia may be charging into the battery era, but poor planning and transmission gaps risk failure on 2030 targets.

AGL Energy owns goals with Adelaide Oval-sized battery

AGL Energy owns goals with Adelaide Oval-sized battery

AGL Energy owns goals with Adelaide Oval-sized battery

AGL Energy owns goals with Adelaide Oval-sized battery

More than a big banana, a big battery the size of an AFL oval has switched on in South Australia to help cut power bills and greenhouse gas emissions.

Aussie-led global consortium joins offshore wind frenzy

Aussie-led global consortium joins offshore wind frenzy

Aussie-led global consortium joins offshore wind frenzy

Aussie-led global consortium joins offshore wind frenzy

A powerful consortium has joined the bidding to add offshore wind to Australia's clean energy arsenal in Gippsland waters off the coast of Victoria.

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Little relief for consumers as Origin posts $1b profit

Origin Energy expects another tough year for cash-strapped customers after posting an FY23 net profit of $1.06 billion as it prepares for a foreign takeover.

Tool exposes 'risky' assumptions behind climate pledges

Some companies are too reliant on "risky" carbon capture and storage assumptions when claiming they are meeting global climate targets, data shows.

Cutting-edge hydrogen tech starts up in steel heartland

A next-generation hydrogen electrolyser is being commercialised to give steelmaking and other heavy industries a future in Australia's regions.

Vanadium could be the next lithium for big battery tech

Australia holds a third of the world's vanadium, an element that's key to a kind of battery that may be the answer to the long-term storage of energy.

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Australia gets wake-up call on materials manufacturing

Australia must ramp up its ability to make the materials and components needed for big renewable energy projects coming down the pipeline, industry heads say.

Mixed quarter for Origin with Eraring's future unknown

No decision has been taken by Origin Energy on keeping coal-fired power station Eraring running for longer, but some say it's not needed to keep the lights on.

Women in offshore wind join forces to build new energy

Australian offshore wind projects will need large numbers of already in-demand workers, but encouraging more women into the sector could help plug gaps.

Hiking coal tax likely won't lift power bills, NSW says

NSW is considering lifting the tax it charges on mined coal but has pointed to advice that any increase will have a negligible effect on power prices.

Rooftop solar surge eases wholesale electricity prices

Rooftop solar is reducing wholesale electricity prices but the market operator warns more transmission is needed to keep the lights on in a post-coal system.

Aussie-Italian battery supply chain on starting blocks

Australian engineers have teamed up with an Italian automotive firm on a safe rechargeable battery for cars and energy storage with a smaller carbon footprint.

Call for fed target to join race to build offshore wind

Australia has been urged to set a national offshore wind target and build a local supply chain if it wants to have the energy source in its low-carbon arsenal.

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