Craig Kelly takes his strident climate views to the cross-bench. Could a move to the Nationals be on the cards?
Climate
For $100 billion, Australia could have a low cost and reliable zero emissions grid
An investment in major transmission lines linking Australia’s best wind and solar resources could deliver reliable and cheap and clean electricity.
Clean Energy Regulator unveils new effort to track corporate carbon offsets
CER seeks feedback on new carbon offset transparency report to drive greater interest in voluntary offsetting amongst Australia’s largest emitters.
Don’t be fooled by Woodside’s tree planting, hydrogen and CCS plans
Oil and gas giant announces planting of 3.6m native trees in Western Australia, a headline action in a cluster of seemingly climate friendly initiatives.
Collapsing thermal coal price pushes miners deep into the red
Whitehaven Coal – the kind of pure play thermal coal miner that investors are abandoning in droves – lost $94 million in the six months to December.
Barnaby Joyce blunders attempt to open CEFC funds to “high intensity” coal plants
Barnaby Joyce calls for CEFC to fund “high intensity” coal plants, but the emissions threshold he proposes would make that impossible.
Oil major Total targets 100GW of wind and solar capacity by 2030
Oil major Total sets new target of growing its renewable energy capacity to 100GW by 2030.
BHP says long goodbye to thermal coal, looks to solar, wind and battery metals
BHP is abandoning the thermal coal markets, but sees strong demand for other metals thanks to growth in wind, solar and battery storage.
Tesla hikes price of Powerwall home battery, again, in Australia
Tesla has raised the retail price of the Powerwall 2 for the second time in four months, as demand for the 13.5 kWh home battery system continues to outstrip supply.
Solar and battery hybrid to power Jabiru as uranium mining stops
EDL wins tender to build solar and battery hybrid plant for Jabiru to replace diesel generators operated by uranium mining company.
