NSW Government
Angus Taylor
Governments
NSW Government
People
Renewables
Wind
Crookwell 3 wind farm gets green light, after court overturns planning refusal
NSW Land and Environment court overturns NSW planning commission's refusal of Crookwell 3 wind farm, located in heart of Angus Taylor's electorate.
Coal
Governments
NSW Government
Vales Point coal plant fined just $30,000 for dumping toxic pollution
Vales Point coal plant, which is to get $8.7m of taxpayers money to fund upgrades, fined just $30,000 for breaches of rules regarding dumping of toxic materials.
Governments
NSW Government
Pumped Hydro
Storage
NSW fast-tracks $1B Oven Mountain pumped-hydro project
NSW government fast-tracks planning approvals for 600MW Oven Mountain pumped hydro project with Critical State Significant Infrastructure designation.
Australian Federal Government
CleanTech Bites
Governments
NSW Government
Renewables
Solar
South Australian Government
Storage
Wind
More renewables, less gas: South Australia turns energy debate upside down
South Australia government and transmission companies say benefits of more wind and solar, and less gas, will more than offset ballooning costs of new link to NSW.
NSW energy minister Matt Kean breaks ranks with federal Liberal party colleagues, saying clean energy, not gas, is key to long term Australian prosperity.
Gas
Governments
NSW Government
Massive Narrabri gas project approved, despite concerns over cost and pollution
NSW Independent Planning Commission approves massive Narrabri Gas Project, rejecting concerns of the environment and cost impacts of the project.
Australian Federal Government
Gas
Governments
NSW Government
Research Groups, Institutes and Universities
Analysts say Narrabri project won’t deliver cheaper gas, as planning decision nears
Independent Planning Commission told that proposed Narrabri gas development would lead to price rises for households and businesses.
ACT Government
Australian Federal Government
CleanTech Bites
Coal
Governments
NSW Government
Queensland Government
Renewables
Solar
South Australian Government
Victorian Government
Wind
State of the renewable nation: NSW and Queensland have work to do
NSW and Queensland need a lot more capacity to meet their renewable targets, while Victoria will likely rely on closure of Yallourn to meet its target.
Australian Federal Government
Governments
NSW Government
Pumped Hydro
Renewables
Storage
Snowy 2.0 rapidly turning into “$10 billion white elephant,” experts say
Open letter to the PM warns that Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro project will blow out to roughly double original cost estimates to around $10 billion.
AEMO
Angus Taylor
Australian Federal Government
Battery
Coal
Governments
NSW Government
People
Renewables
Scott Morrison
Storage
Liddell report shows Morrison and Taylor exaggerated case for gas intervention
Modelling for the Liddell Task Force reveals that Angus Taylor and Scott Morrison exaggerated the price impacts used to justify their extraordinary gas intervention.
