Coal plant outages and rebidding: Why electricity prices surged towards market cap

23 August 2022

Latest regulatory report shows how multiple coal plant outages left electricity market at mercy of ... other coal plants to…

“Start of a new era:” Market operator bulks up to manage accelerating switch to renewables

23 August 2022

AEMO is bulking up with a vastly increased budget to manage the engineering challenges of a rapidly accelerating switch to…

Rio Tinto starts commissioning Gudai-Darri solar farm, and Tom Price battery

22 August 2022

The first solar farm to power one of Rio Tinto's huge iron ore mines begins commissioning, as does a new…

Can aluminium be used as ultra long term storage for renewable energy and heat?

22 August 2022

Research group is looking at how aluminium can be used to store renewable power as energy and heat - for…

Fossil fuel industry may have lost power, but it’s still got its foot on the brakes

22 August 2022

The EV Summit in Canberra will likely emerge as a pivotal moment in Australia's transition to electric vehicles. But there…

Even a one year delay in new transmission links will hurt homes and businesses

22 August 2022

New modelling shows the impact on consumer electricity bills of delays to the electricity transmission upgrade and build – and…

Snowy 2.0 hit by new billion-dollar cost blowout claims

22 August 2022

Snowy 2.0 faces new claims its multi-billion dollar budget has blown out even further, as signs emerge that EPC costs…

Australia’s biggest listed solar company to be wound up after selling US portfolio

22 August 2022

The planned delisting and winding up of Australia's biggest solar farm owner removes one of the last opportunities for small…

South Africa’s nuclear sector has failed its first test

22 August 2022

The mishandling of the Koeberg life extension project indicates that South Africa should drop any ambitions for new nuclear plants.

Victorian court quashes last-ditch legal bid to block contested wind farm

19 August 2022

Plans to build a 97MW wind farm just outside the Victorian town of Hawkesdale will go ahead, after a fresh…

Queensland “super-hybrid” green hydrogen project gets Indigenous name and support

19 August 2022

Mammoth Sunshine Hydro pumped hydro renewable energy project partners with Gidarjil Development Corporation and Burnett Mary Regional Group (BMRG).

AGL leadership farce: Blind to climate science, and still in the control room

19 August 2022

AGL gives another clear example of a board unable to respond to climate science, the speed of technology transition, or…