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Consumers miss out on utilities' maintenance windfall

Consumers miss out on utilities' maintenance windfall

The utilities sector is expected to have the slowest growth in maintenance spending as higher-cost fossil fuel generators are replaced by renewable energy.

'Unsafe future': Australia commits to decades more gas

'Unsafe future': Australia commits to decades more gas

'Unsafe future': Australia commits to decades more gas

'Unsafe future': Australia commits to decades more gas

Critics say a plan to lock in gas as a long-term source of energy and export revenue will damage the environment and blow up Australia's climate targets.

Clean energy rollout must address 'historic injustice'

Clean energy rollout must address 'historic injustice'

Clean energy rollout must address 'historic injustice'

Clean energy rollout must address 'historic injustice'

The energy industry and governments have been told to end "historic injustice" by helping First Nations households turn off diesel and switch on solar power.

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Rio Tinto faces 'biggest test' since Juukan Gorge

Rio Tinto faces 'biggest test' since Juukan Gorge

Rio Tinto is on the hook for water use and what has been described as the biggest test of its reputation since the destruction of ancient Juukan Gorge shelters.

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Licences go to nation's first offshore wind projects

Some of the world's biggest energy companies have been granted licences to start developing offshore wind farms to replace Australia's coal-fired power plants.

Origin Energy LNG revenue soars, Eraring's future open

Origin Energy LNG revenue soars, Eraring's future open

Origin Energy's revenue from liquefied natural gas on higher volumes and prices surged in the March quarter, as talks continue over keeping Eraring burning.

AusNet to pay $12m after outage tracker crash

AusNet to pay $12m after outage tracker crash

A major electricity distributor will fork out more cash to make up for the failure of its outage tracker during massive storms that lashed Victoria.

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Treasurer faces 'hard truths' in global industrial race

Treasurer faces 'hard truths' in global industrial race

Treasurer faces 'hard truths' in global industrial race

Treasurer faces 'hard truths' in global industrial race

The federal budget provides the "perfect lever to pull" for Australia to win back jobs and investment in the global race to secure clean energy supply chains.

Cheaper renewable energy driving electricity costs down

Cheaper renewable energy driving electricity costs down

Cheaper renewable energy driving electricity costs down

Cheaper renewable energy driving electricity costs down

Renewable energy generation is lifting its overall share of a growing national electricity market and pushing wholesale prices down, according to official data.

Powercor scrapped tree trim plans 10 days before fire

Powercor scrapped tree trim plans 10 days before fire

Powercor scrapped tree trim plans 10 days before fire

Powercor scrapped tree trim plans 10 days before fire

Powercor has pleaded guilty to more than 100 charges of failing to manage risks and hazards to its electricity network following a 2023 bushfire.

Government told to 'hold its nerve' on clean tech push

Government told to 'hold its nerve' on clean tech push

Government told to 'hold its nerve' on clean tech push

Government told to 'hold its nerve' on clean tech push

Clean energy groups want the federal government to stay the course on its industrial policy aimed at seizing a once-in-a-century decarbonisation opportunity.

Extreme weather sparks higher wholesale energy prices

Extreme weather sparks higher wholesale energy prices

Extreme weather sparks higher wholesale energy prices

Extreme weather sparks higher wholesale energy prices

Some of the most extreme weather Australia has ever seen is proving to be the "X-factor" for power bills as wholesale energy prices rise.

BHP's energy coal fires up, axe swings over nickel jobs

BHP's energy coal fires up, axe swings over nickel jobs

BHP's energy coal fires up, axe swings over nickel jobs

BHP's energy coal fires up, axe swings over nickel jobs

Thousands of workers face uncertainty as BHP considers the fate of nickel operations amid a global glut of the metal, but coal for power plants is firing up.

Support critical for Australia to reap battery wealth

Support critical for Australia to reap battery wealth

Support critical for Australia to reap battery wealth

Support critical for Australia to reap battery wealth

Western Australia has warned that taxpayer support for critical minerals will be crucial to overcoming investor reluctance and market distortion.

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Call for home battery cash to support solar milestones

Solar power is breaking records, and reigniting calls for a home battery saver program of up to $6500 to allow households to get more value from their rooftops.

Deeper cuts to carbon emissions under draft 2035 target

Australians will compete for public funds, electricity supply and land access under plans for the nation to cut its emissions by up to 75 per cent by 2035.

Origin Energy adds wind power, batteries for coal exit

Origin Energy has snared a construction-ready $4 billion wind and big battery project as it races to plug the gap left by phasing out coal-fired power.

Jobs bonanza for regions under clean energy blueprint

Australia can "again be a country that makes things" under a blueprint for building solar panels and electric trucks, and assembling wind towers.

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Energy boss warns against chasing 'nuclear unicorns'

Australians will pay more for electricity from a low-carbon grid, but going nuclear would be a waste of time, an energy boss warns.

Australians want more renewables faster: survey

Australia's national science agency has released a report revealing how the nation feels about the clean energy transition.

Divest or liquidate the 'end game' for Santos, Woodside

Independent research presents stark options for Australia's gas producers as shareholders get set to scrutinise Santos and Woodside Energy on expansion plans.

Record for batteries as home energy systems top 250,000

More households are getting the full benefit of rooftop solar by adding a battery to their energy system as Australia racks up a record year for installations.

'New phase' of carbon markets seeks impact not offsets

New ways of generating carbon credits in Australia are being developed but experts warn investors are wary and could take their billions elsewhere.

'Making every watt count' in energy performance drive

A national energy performance strategy has been devised for households and businesses to reduce costs and controversy over new power plants and transmission.

New economy 'needs critical reforms to build trust'

Australian success in modern industry requires a key role for government in the economy not merely doling out loans from various funds, economic research finds.

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