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Power findings show ‘failure of privatisation’: SA energy minister
Minister Tom Koutsantonis says the behaviour of large power generators reported by the Australian Energy Regulator is “extremely concerning”.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
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- Energy security
Energy grid’s power imbalance could blow out bills, AER warns
In a review to be released on Friday, the energy regulator also said the government should consider the need to diversify ownership as it underwrote projects.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Milestone reached to unlock Snowy 2.0 power
The government’s green bank has committed its single biggest investment to the HumeLink transmission project, which is considered critical to the cleaner energy transition.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Coal demand hits record with Australia bulking up
Australia is over-represented on the world stage as a source of new coal output, the International Energy Agency found.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Nickel shutdowns ease WA’s gas shortage fears
While gas for Western Australia’s domestic users is adequate for the next few years, a shortfall may emerge in 2028, the market operator says.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
This Month
Japanese giant buys Aussie battery start-up in coal to minerals pivot
Idemitsu has taken majority control of Vecco Group as it tries to move towards investments in critical minerals and energy storage.
- Peter Ker
New pipeline unlocks Beetaloo gas for NT customers in 2026
A deal signed with pipeline owner APA Group looks set to stoke controversy over the development of a massive new onshore gas resource.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
EnergyAustralia’s fight for future of NSW coal plant
The large Mount Piper generator may be needed by the market for another 15 years, but in a vastly different role that will require policy support.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Any hope of a rational debate about nuclear power is gone
Households and businesses would be better served by a rational debate on the merits of including nuclear power in the future energy mix. They aren’t getting that.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Dutton’s nuclear costings underpinned by ‘distorted numbers’
Critics point to what they call four miscalculations in the modelling by Frontier Economics.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
The human factor holding up wind power project
A bottleneck is emerging in Western Australia’s transmission infrastructure pipeline, an industry source has warned.
- Tom Rabe
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- Gas
PNG PM’s big hopes for delayed LNG project
James Marape reported “good progress” in reducing a 50 per cent cost blowout that delayed the Papua LNG project, but doubts remain on its timing.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Older, ‘cheaper’ houses hide costs that bite owners
More than 80 per cent of Australia’s houses have half the energy efficiency of the latest standards – and that’s going to make them less valuable.
- Michael Bleby
Rio Tinto says carbon price pain justifies action on emissions
Carbon pricing schemes in Australia and Quebec mean almost half of Rio’s emissions are subject to penalty and would soon cost $940 million per year if not tackled.
- Peter Ker
CSIRO doubles down on nuclear power as too costly, slow
The science agency’s latest report on future energy needs comes just ahead of the long-awaited costings for Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Revamped Potentia Energy scours market for big battery investments
The company once known as Enel Green Power Australia has plenty of cash to splash on renewable assets.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
The Pilbara plots its path from diesel to clean, green mining
Port Hedland is bang in the middle of the country’s industrial engine. There are ambitious plans to decarbonise with miles of transmission and new generation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
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- Mergers & acquisitions
Di Pilla finds big super backers as he clinches $950m clean energy buy
The veteran dealmaker’s HMC Capital is acquiring a portfolio of renewable generation assets from Neoen and becoming a major player in the energy transition.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Emergency market operator moves to plug gaps ahead of hot, wet summer
The energy market operator has placed emergency energy reserves on standby ahead of the hottest months of the year and warned about managing gas supplies.
- James Hall
APA plots path from gas to become a Pilbara solar and batteries giant
The company, which opened its latest electricity project in Port Hedland on Tuesday, expects to tick off on more investments in the region within a year.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Household hardship mounts as energy prices increase
More households are entering hardship programs to try to keep with their energy bills, even as government rebates take the edge off sharp price rises in the past year.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
November
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- Energy transition
‘Nothing’s off the table’: Expert panel to overhaul electricity market
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has tapped former AGL Energy executive Tim Nelson and three other industry specialists to review the National Energy Market.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Generators scramble after NSW’s near miss on blackouts
More than 2000 megawatts of coal power capacity is due back online within 10 days, as generators scramble to avoid a repeat of Wednesday’s close shave on the NSW power grid.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
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- Energy prices
Electrification and renewables could slice 20pc off energy bills: AEMC
The agency that writes the rules governing the electricity and gas markets estimates big savings for families if they move away from petrol cars and gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Blackout risk lingers in NSW as coal outages hit
The tight electricity supply in the state follows an unusually large number of unexpected outages at coal power units.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith