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Soaring gas prices take toll on generators as well as consumers
Soaring gas prices will clip $100 million from the profits of Australia’s biggest electricity supplier, and are causing big jumps in electricity costs.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 7, 2016

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Markets

Know your NEM: It’s all about the price of gas
Gas prices surge, and spot electricity prices remain high – undermining arguments that coal generators need to close before new renewables can be built.
David Leitch

Jul 4, 2016

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How the gas cartel is holding the nation to ransom
Living in a gas rich nation at a time of a global supply glut should mean that the Australian consumer would have a plethora of choices for cheap supply. Not so.
Bruce Robertson

Jun 15, 2016

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Gas back on “standby” in Tasmania, as rains allow industrials to power on
Tasmania’s major gas power generator has been switched to standby, as record rains boost hydropower supply into surplus.
Sophie Vorrath

May 19, 2016

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Energy market is telling Queensland government to wake up
Queensland is facing an electricity supply shortage and more price spikes. The government should be encouraging more battery storage in homes and businesses.
David Leitch

May 17, 2016

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Big oil major Total says it wants to be one of Big 3 solar companies
French oil giant sees future growth in electricity, solar, and energy storage, rather than transport fuels. It aims to be one of top 3 solar companies.
Christian Roselund

Apr 22, 2016

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‘Blackout Blackmail’: Utility, regulator accused of scare campaign over gas cuts
Report suggests California regulators and the gas company are purposely scaring the community and legislature into putting the leaking storage facility back online.
Samantha Page

Apr 14, 2016

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Not dead yet: Miners want to “gasify” closed brown coal mine in SA
As SA nears 50% renewables, one company plans to “gasify” reserves of closed Leigh Creek coal mine, in hopes of building “baseload” gas plant.
Giles Parkinson

Apr 12, 2016

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How California oil industry ganged up to try and kill electric vehicles (again)
Global brands – including BP, Shell, Exxon and Chevron – and local oil companies spent more than US$22 million on lobbying against EVs in California last year.
Christine Ottery

Apr 8, 2016

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Will Norway ban petrol and diesel cars by 2025?
German bloggers report that the Norwegians are looking into adopting a National Transport Plan with 100 percent electric cars, buses, and small trucks by 2025.
Craig Morris

Mar 22, 2016

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Graph of the Day: Tasmania’s switch back to fossil fuels
Tasmania’s lurch back into fossil fuels deepens as the first of 200MW of diesel generators is switched on.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2016

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Tasmania’s crazy lurch back into the (expensive) fossil fuel era
Due to a combination of bad luck and rotten planning, old school thinking and – guess what – climate change, Tasmania has found itself turning to diesel generator to solve an energy crisis. The state is now paying as much for its power as a remote mine-site in outback Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 7, 2016

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