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Generators chase peaks as wholesale energy prices spike

Generators chase peaks as wholesale energy prices spike

Batteries are setting the price in the electricity market more often than a year ago but gas is the dominant price-setter as generators chase lucrative spikes.

Origin Energy defends complex switch to renewables, gas

Origin Energy defends complex switch to renewables, gas

Origin Energy defends complex switch to renewables, gas

Origin Energy defends complex switch to renewables, gas

As China pushes for cheaper Australian LNG, shareholders of energy retailer and east coast gas producer Origin Energy have been warned of a "messy" transition.

East Timor firm in gas pipe wrangle, may look elsewhere

East Timor firm in gas pipe wrangle, may look elsewhere

East Timor firm in gas pipe wrangle, may look elsewhere

East Timor firm in gas pipe wrangle, may look elsewhere

East Timor is threatening to accept Chinese or Kuwaiti investment in a gas field if an agreement can't be reached with Australia, which remains its preference.

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Methane emissions may be much worse than thought

Methane emissions may be much worse than thought

Australia may have to overhaul its emissions measuring methods as new data suggests methane pollution from gas and coal projects may have been under-reported.

Major seismic test plan dropped after community action

Major seismic test plan dropped after community action

An international company has walked away from a contentious proposal for seismic testing in Bass Strait across an area about half the size of Tasmania.

Domestic gas guarantee risks 'wasteland' in iconic zone

Domestic gas guarantee risks 'wasteland' in iconic zone

Decades of new gas for export and local use in the west are envisaged under a revised gas reservation policy that has been slammed by environmentalists.

Report lights fuse over gas ban and energy shortfall

Report lights fuse over gas ban and energy shortfall

A proposal by the Greens to halt investment for new gas projects would lead to the energy fuel running out in many parts of the country by 2029, a report says.

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Scientific probe into controversial gas projects

Scientific probe into controversial gas projects

Scientific probe into controversial gas projects

Scientific probe into controversial gas projects

Gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin in the Northern Territory will be assessed by an independent group of scientists, amid concerns over any impact to water.

Future of gas hot water systems and heaters unclear

Future of gas hot water systems and heaters unclear

Future of gas hot water systems and heaters unclear

Future of gas hot water systems and heaters unclear

Victoria's premier wouldn't be drawn on future of gas hot water systems and heaters in existing homes, as she clarified cooktops won't be phased out.

Emissions blowout flagged if coal, gas extended: govt

Emissions blowout flagged if coal, gas extended: govt

Emissions blowout flagged if coal, gas extended: govt

Emissions blowout flagged if coal, gas extended: govt

Australia's emissions could blow out by an additional 1.7 billion tonnes should coal and gas be extended, government analysis has found.

Short, stout and scuppering $50 billion gas field plans

Short, stout and scuppering $50 billion gas field plans

Short, stout and scuppering $50 billion gas field plans

Short, stout and scuppering $50 billion gas field plans

An oil spill and related activities are already inferred to have a significant and ongoing impact on a reef-dwelling reptile, triggering an endangered marking.

Timor-Leste to take stake in gas field, carbon capture

Timor-Leste to take stake in gas field, carbon capture

Timor-Leste to take stake in gas field, carbon capture

Timor-Leste to take stake in gas field, carbon capture

Santos and its joint venture partners have agreed to give Timor Leste a stake in a long-running gas venture to keep plans for a carbon capture hub alive.

'Not a fun time': Mineral Resources annual profit drops

'Not a fun time': Mineral Resources annual profit drops

'Not a fun time': Mineral Resources annual profit drops

'Not a fun time': Mineral Resources annual profit drops

Mineral Resources is "throwing everything off the deck" to ride out the lithium price slump, after its full-year profit fell by more than half.

Gas pipes supply solid cash flow in energy transition

Gas pipes supply solid cash flow in energy transition

Gas pipes supply solid cash flow in energy transition

Gas pipes supply solid cash flow in energy transition

Gas pipeline operator APA has posted a stronger full-year profit amid an expansion and urges more domestic gas production to support an end to coal-fired power.

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Servo chain slams black market tobacco, wage inflation

Servo operator Viva Energy says cost of living pressures and black market tobacco are hitting stores but posted rising fuel sales and a bigger half-year profit.

Green hydrogen developer pumped as partners ink deal

A development partnership for green hydrogen production at the Port of Brisbane could be a blueprint for refuelling facilities in the eastern states.

Voters step on the gas as NT faces 'turning point'

Election day is on in the Northern Territory where green groups, tourism operators and doctors fear an industrial expansion will harm residents and wildlife.

Santos drilling for gas demand well into the future

Oil giant Santos is juggling capital-intensive projects, including the hotly contested Narrabri field in NSW, as rising costs and lower LNG prices hit profits.

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Gas utility backs Beetaloo as part of energy transition

A group of shareholders is challenging Australia's biggest gas pipeline operator on climate disclosure, accusing APA Group of being in breach of commitments.

Resources bellwether warns of clean energy constraints

Contracting group Monadelphous, a bellwether for energy and mining activity, says labour shortages continue and warns of barriers to decarbonisation.

More gas diverts clean energy investment, critics warn

Critics slam an inquiry's claim that Western Australia will need new sources of gas to meet domestic requirements for decades, even as the state decarbonises.

Origin Energy eyes gas imports, longer life for Eraring

Electricity and gas giant Origin Energy warns Australia will need to import gas to meet domestic demand and taxpayers may have to pay to burn coal for longer.

Transition 'well under way' as AGL rejects nuclear push

Energy giant AGL has posted a stellar profit on higher power prices, taking the lead in the transition and dismissing nuclear as too costly and too late.

Conservation group challenges NT fracking project

The future of the Northern Territory's largest fracking project is on the line as a conservation group challenges ministerial approval for the project.

Call for Woodside to respect decision on 'climate bomb'

A decision to defuse a "climate bomb" could be imminent as a regulator reportedly puts pristine marine life ahead of Australia's biggest proposed gas field.

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