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“Deeply disappointing:” State blocks gas connection rule made to protect consumers from death spiral

South Australia Labor decides not to make consumers pay for gas installations up front, declaring that discouraging the use of gas in home is not a policy it supports.
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AGL sees powerful opportunity to host data centres at coal and gas hubs

AGL names Bayswater, Loy Yang and Torrens Island as sites with all the attributes data centres are looking for – while offering the “major opportunity” of increased demand in return.
Gas network giant buys majority stake in what will be Queensland’s first fossil fuelled peaking plant in a decade

Gas network giant buys majority stake in what will be Queensland’s first fossil fuelled peaking plant in a decade

The new 400 MW gas peaking plant will be the first for a decade in Queensland, and will source its fossil fuels from a company jointly owned by Gina Rinehart.

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“Deeply disappointing:” State blocks gas connection rule made to protect consumers from death spiral

“Deeply disappointing:” State blocks gas connection rule made to protect consumers from death spiral

South Australia Labor decides not to make consumers pay for gas installations up front, declaring that discouraging the use of gas in home is not a policy it supports.
AGL sees powerful opportunity to host data centres at coal and gas hubs

AGL sees powerful opportunity to host data centres at coal and gas hubs

AGL names Bayswater, Loy Yang and Torrens Island as sites with all the attributes data centres are looking for – while offering the “major opportunity” of increased demand in return.
Gas network giant buys majority stake in what will be Queensland’s first fossil fuelled peaking plant in a decade

Gas network giant buys majority stake in what will be Queensland’s first fossil fuelled peaking plant in a decade

The new 400 MW gas peaking plant will be the first for a decade in Queensland, and will source its fossil fuels from a company jointly owned by Gina Rinehart.
CleanCo posts loss as it exits wind and pumped hydro investments, doubles down on gas generator

CleanCo posts loss as it exits wind and pumped hydro investments, doubles down on gas generator

CleanCo annual loss comes as it ditches plans to buy large wind farm and convert a gold mine into pumped hydro project, and commits to 20 year extension of gas-fired generator.
Cost of “preposterous” fracked gas pipeline could balloon to $10 billion, locking in higher bills for decades

Cost of “preposterous” fracked gas pipeline could balloon to $10 billion, locking in higher bills for decades

Plans to build a 1,561 km gas pipeline from the NT Beetaloo Basin to south-east Queensland could cost as much as $9.74 billion, a new report has found, adding huge costs to a heavily polluting project.
Gas lobby bid to halt home electrification falls flat as Labor says it will stay the course

Gas lobby bid to halt home electrification falls flat as Labor says it will stay the course

State government says it has no plans to water down or pause a regulated phaseout of gas from homes and businesses, despite the bidding of one of Australia’s largest gas infrastructure corporations.
Origin dusts off plan for one of Australia’s biggest peaking power plants, using gas and diesel

Origin dusts off plan for one of Australia’s biggest peaking power plants, using gas and diesel

Origin Energy, the country’s biggest retailer and already the owner of the biggest gas generation portfolio, unveils plans for one of the biggest peaking plants in Australia.
Queensland insists it will power data centres with coal and gas, but won’t back federal Coalition on nuclear

Queensland insists it will power data centres with coal and gas, but won’t back federal Coalition on nuclear

Queensland premier says state still “firm” on powering new data centres with coal and gas, while also rejecting key elements of the energy and climate policies newly proposed by the federal Coalition.