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Nuclear ban holds Australia back from data centre opportunity
Craig Scroggie says without a ‘logical conversation’ on nuclear, Australia may miss an opportunity to grab an outsized chunk of the booming data centre industry.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Trump win could be good news for Australian energy transition
Investment bankers hope an expected pullback in Inflation Reduction Act support for green investments under the new Trump administration could help Australia.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Rebound in wind, solar projects revives slim hope for 2030 targets
More commitments were made to new wind and solar farms in the September quarter than in the whole of 2023, according to Clean Energy Council data.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Why no one is turning up to this year’s climate summit
COP29 is meant to land a $US1 trillion deal to fund poor nations’ fight against climate change. But political and business leaders are a widespread no-show.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Taiwan investor to open borders for Garnaut’s Zen Energy
The funding deal with HD Renewable Energy Co will enable Zen to progress battery projects in South Australia that will add needed storage to its portfolio.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
This Month
Energy bill fears grow as transmission costs blow out
Billions of dollars of cost blowouts in transmission announced so far this year have fuelled worries about rising electricity bills for households and business.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Woodside acting on Scarborough gas emissions
The oil and gas producer has made investments to reduce emissions at the Scarborough project, and is examining bigger ones, including carbon capture.
- Updated
- Mark Wembridge and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Pressure on other countries to lead on climate after Trump win
Experts say Trump’s election means countries will need to engage with US businesses and states to ensure the energy transition continues.
- Hannah Wootton
Innovations that go above and beyond to meet customer needs
Endeavour Energy, the winner of the Established Business to Consumer category, has found customer expectations keep changing, requiring an innovative response.
- Christopher Niesche
Portal helps manage demand to douse power bill shock
Energy demand influencer Flow Power helps businesses capitalise on low-cost renewables, making it a leader in the Challenger Business to Business category.
- Sylvia Ramsey
Nuclear a ‘rent-seeking parasite’ that will push up power prices: Kean
The former NSW treasurer said the alternative energy source was “old outdated technology” and the industry just wanted a taxpayer-funded handout.
- Hannah Wootton
Net zero’s uneasy pact with carbon capture and storage
Santos and Beach Energy’s Moomba project hopes to overturn the technology’s weak reputation. Its detractors say it has already had 20 years to prove them wrong.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Solar thermal developer backed by energy royalty in financial peril
Vast Renewables, chaired by Peter Botten, is battling to remain a going concern, despite a funding deal last December that enabled its listing on the Nasdaq.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Rio Tinto wants tax credits for aluminium smelters
The mining giant has urged the Albanese government to use taxpayers’ funds to help local aluminium smelters pivot to clean energy.
- Peter Ker
October
Santos’ hydrogen assumptions ‘absurd’, ACCR lawyers suggest
Oil and gas producer’s estimates for hydrogen sales were unreasonable, leaving its net zero target lacking credibility, the Federal Court heard.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Santos says activist demands would deter climate targets being set
The oil and gas producer is being sued by environmental groups in the Federal Court who argue its long-term carbon reduction plan is “a series of speculations”.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
$225b Future Fund hunts for green-energy investments
Chairman Greg Combet has flagged that the $225 billion sovereign wealth fund is hunting for investments to help Australia reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- John Kehoe
‘Series of speculations’: Santos climate targets under attack
The Federal Court case brought by the Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility alleges Santos deceived consumers with its clean energy claims.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
UniSuper won’t back up claims it sold APA on gas worries
Dissatisfaction about APA shares trading near a 10-year low added to the complaints voiced by investors at the fiery AGM, which was dominated by concerns over Beetaloo gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Future Fund ramps up ‘alarming’ fossil fuel exposure
It comes amid growing greenwashing claims and pressure from Labor to align the fund’s investment strategy with the government’s broader net zero goal.
- Hannah Wootton
Batteries, solar and maximising the grid pushed to save 2030 target
The Albanese government will need further measures to boost the uptake of renewable energy, or miss its 2030 target, climate tsar Matt Kean has warned.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Phillip Coorey
- Community Engagement
- Energy Awards
The microgrid delivering energy resilience to bushfire-prone community
Endeavour Energy has worked with government and residents to develop an $8 million battery scheme on the NSW south coast.
- Gus McCubbing
- Lifetime Achievement
- Energy Awards
Grant King: Energy fortune-teller has plenty more to offer
The former Origin Energy boss and former head of the Business Council has been recognised with the Lifetime Achievement award.
- Agnes King
- Innovation Category
- Energy Awards
How drones help power Australia’s energy transition
The winner of The Australian Financial Review Energy Award for Innovation had a tragic genesis. But Powerlink hopes it will show others the benefits of embracing change.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Energy Awards
No plan B: Why we need to stick with the energy transition
Australia’s future depends on us getting the shift to a clean energy system right and political leaders who can focus on the end goal over cheap stunts.
- Kane Thornton
