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Biofuels: Have the Republicans gutted green fuel?
A US House vote to impose a ban on the US Defense Department from making or buying alternative fuels more costly than ‘traditional fossil fuels’ would not only scuttle one of the Navy’s top priorities, it could mortally wound the struggling biofuel industry, which was looking to the Pentagon to help it survive. -
Nuclear industry finds new plants are not so cheap
The nuclear industry in the UK is reeling from reports of more cost blow-outs and delays. A leading analyst says the cost of new-build nuclear may end up being three to four times the current cost of energy in the UK and may be ‘impossible’ to finance. In the US, cost increases are causing similar concerns. -
Will AGL have to choose between green and brown gold?
A new report highlights the sensitivity of AGL’s proposed new asset, the Loy Yang A coal-fired generator, to weak wholesale electricity prices. So how will AGL position itself in the energy policy debate? Meanwhile, the company says it sells Hallett 5 wind farm in South Australia to Eurus Energy of Japan.
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