Today
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
What really killed Origin’s big hydrogen dream
It’s becoming clear that optimism, ambition and government support are not enough to compensate for the risks facing hydrogen project developers like Origin Energy.
- 46 mins ago
- James Thomson
Origin Energy abandons big hydrogen plans in blow to fuel’s future
The electricity and gas giant will not proceed with a project in the Hunter which had been shortlisted for funding as part of Labor’s $2 billion incentive scheme.
- Kylar Loussikian and Elouise Fowler
Yesterday
Peak-demand utility expands solar farm portfolio by a third
CleanPeak Energy has bought three farms from a European company listed on the Warsaw, Prague and Frankfurt Stock Exchanges.
- Elouise Fowler
This Month
OPTrust, Partners Group seek $500m exit at Victoria’s Ararat wind farm
The 75-turbine Ararat was Australia’s third-largest wind farm in terms of planned capacity when it started being built in 2015. Now, it is up for grabs.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
September
Drifting former telco turned Austrian miner gets unstuck in Mongolia
Jade Gas has bounced around for three decades, and is trying its luck with coal seam gas in the ex-communist country. Could this be the ASX’s next gas giant?
- Elouise Fowler
Payments for rooftop solar slashed as energy grid overloads
Households with rooftop solar will get up to a third less for supplying their energy to the grid as retailers cut rates in response to an oversupply.
- David Marin-Guzman
- Opinion
- Renewables
No end to Australia’s love affair with solar
Rapidly declining solar feed-in tariffs could change the way Australian households manage their renewable energy. That is bound to be good for the grid.
- Tony Boyd
Investors in Vik Bansal’s biogas side hustle are up 85pc
The Boral CEO is also chairman of ASX-listed biogas group LGI, which has 32 waste landfill sites and supplies electricity into the grid when returns are highest.
- Simon Evans
UniSuper faces uprising from scientists over its support of gas
More than 1000 members of the $140 billion industry super fund have signed a letter to its board demanding it leverage its influence over APA Group or risk greenwashing.
- Hannah Wootton
New gas projects approved, but supply buffer shrinks
Labor has approved two small gas projects in Victoria, hot on the heels of a new warning that gas supplies are shrinking.
- John Kehoe
Oil falls on report OPEC+ will boost supply in December
Saudi Arabia is committed to dropping its unofficial $US100 a barrel price target to win back market share, the Financial Times also reported.
- Maha El Dahan, Olesya Astakhova and Alex Lawler
Santos cleared of coercion over Narrabri land access
The result of an inquiry into an Environmental Defenders Office complaint comes as NSW extended a Santos “authority to survey” for a pipeline for Narrabri gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Cannon-Brookes’ Grok fails to back AGL board on exec pay
The decision by Mike Cannon-Brookes’ private company to abstain on the remuneration vote signals tensions over emissions reduction plans are unresolved.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Investors quit Woodside as shares languish
Dissatisfied investors say a share buyback would have been a better use of its capital than two US acquisitions.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
Shell says ‘dysfunctional’ rules putting energy transition at risk
The London-listed group’s local chairwoman, Cecile Wake, says high hurdles for its gas projects are now emerging in its big renewable generation portfolio.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Analysis
- Nuclear energy
Nuclear debate stalls as detail goes missing in action
The information vacuum includes the costings behind the Coalition’s nuclear vision and a realistic assessment from Labor about the problems in the way of 2030 climate targets.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Carbon broker CORE Markets eyes $25m raise for Asia push
The effort, assisted by Rennie Advisory, is well under way, with roadshows and management presentations in train since July.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
WA opens narrow window for onshore gas exports
The Cook government’s revised policy may not be enough to achieve the aims of encouraging more gas exploration and development, some commentators say.
- Tom Rabe, Angela Macdonald-Smith and Brad Thompson
Solar farm output wastage tops 99pc in South Australia
Almost all the output from SA solar farms was cut off at one point last Sunday as owners sought to avoid losses as a flood of renewables sent prices plunging.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Why Rio Tinto has bought 3000 hectares of grazing land
The mining company will plant 750,000 pongamia trees on the property near Townsville as it attempts to create a renewable replacement for diesel.
- Peter Ker