This Month
‘Don’t create a problem’: Advice for private jet owner Cannon-Brookes
Tech entrepreneur and clean energy evangelist Mike Cannon-Brookes has bought a private jet. Is it possible to travel in style and save the planet at the same time?
Green bank backs electrification, but offshore wind too risky
Clean Energy Finance Corporation chief executive Ian Learmonth says the $33 billion fund has shifted towards supporting household electrification and major poles and wire projects vital to Australia’s green energy transition.
Don’t want another Cyclone Alfred? This data says one’s coming
Hot temperatures in the world’s oceans are making storms and cyclones more destructive. Australia is uniquely vulnerable.
Households face up to 9pc power bill rise amid coal plant outages
But analysts warn that billions of dollars spent on rebates to woo voters are “sugar hits” that could be better spent on long-term solutions to the increases.
Wind farm companies have been ‘arrogant’: Holmes a Court
Climate 200 founder Simon Holmes à Court says many large-scale renewables projects had not adequately consulted local communities.
Coalition’s delayed climate targets ‘a big bet on an unknown future’
US climate insider Jonathan Pershing says the Coalition’s energy policy is consistent with “intolerable” global temperature increases.
Norwegian giant weighs up Hunter offshore wind options
Another major offshore wind company is considering its options amid uncertainty over the future of the industry.
Teals must support renewables ‘at an industrial level’
Green energy players say it is not enough for Climate 200-backed candidates to support rooftop solar and EVs, they need to get behind mega-projects like wind farms too.
Offshore wind exposes split among Climate 200-backed independents
Sydney MP Zali Steggall says community independents should show greater political courage in defence of the troubled offshore wind energy rollout.
The Climate 200 candidate who won’t commit to wind power
Independent candidate Alex Dyson famously launched his political career with a viral video backing wind farms via interpretive dance. Now, he says, it’s more complicated.
Dutton’s nuclear gamble short on detail, but voters don’t seem to care
The Coalition does not really want to talk about the practicalities of establishing nuclear energy in Australia. The question is: does anyone?
February
ACCC picks fight with gas exporters over domestic supplies
Competition cop Gina Cass-Gottlieb says Queensland gas exporters plan to use increasing amounts of domestic gas to meet commitments to foreign buyers.
Labor hits pause on Illawarra offshore wind
The government is delaying its plans for an offshore wind farm in the Illawarra, at the request of the only company still interested.
Liberal hopeful says Paris climate target is ‘off the table’
Former state MP Andrew Constance, who is gunning for the coastal seat of Gilmore, says the Coalition will take a 2035 climate target “off the table”.
Coalition may dump Albanese’s ‘puppet’ Kean
Coalition has indicated it may dump Climate Change Authority chairman and nuclear energy critic Matt Kean if it wins the election.
Fund home batteries if you want my vote: Spender
Teal independent Allegra Spender says she’ll put household electrification measures at the centre of any balance of power negotiations.
Rural electorates to benefit from Labor renewables fund
Seats held by National Party MPs are among the big winners of Labor’s $50 million community energy grants program.
Coalition flags household battery plan in election push
The Coalition has hinted it is considering a policy to encourage home battery installation, as speculation builds that the government will adopt a similar scheme.
‘Boggles the mind’: Bragg delays household electrification push
Renewables advocates have slammed the Coalition’s decision to quietly delay the final report of its own inquiry into household electrification.
Albanese walks into Illawarra offshore wind fight
After ignoring heckling from anti-renewable protesters, the prime minister hit back.