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Alan Finkel

September

Simon Hartley, 59, called time on his iconic Melbourne restaurant Becco on Friday.

‘Beautiful chaos’: Iconic Melbourne power diner owner calls time

Simon Hartley has hosted every prime minister since Gough Whitlam at his CBD restaurant Becco. But on Friday, he held the last supper.

  • Gus McCubbing

August

A Climate Energy Finance report estimates Australia has the potential to double its iron  export value to $250 billion by producing green iron.

Slow approvals are risking the next mining boom: report

State and federal environmental approval processes are jeopardising tens of billions of dollars of investment in green steel and renewable energy infrastructure, experts warn.

  • Tom Rabe

December 2023

In NSW, the latest science syllabus matches some of the higher-performing countries.

Australia’s science curriculum is not broken

The performance of science students has stopped declining as resources from private publishers became available to teachers. Investing more in what is working will be far more productive than starting from scratch.

  • Alan Finkel

October 2023

Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan with Mike Cannon-Brookes before announcing the SEC had been registered with ASIC.

Victoria registered SEC less than 24 hours before rollout

Victoria’s SEC now has a press release, a tote bag and – just in the nick of time – registration with ASIC.

  • Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin

After slow start, EV sales pick up speed

The recent jump in sales of electric vehicles comes before the full effects of new lower-cost Chinese models for less than $40,000 are felt.

  • Tony Davis
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June 2023

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‘Profound slowdown’: Alan Finkel quits Victoria’s SEC

Former chief scientist Alan Finkel has quit his role advising Victoria’s SEC amid criticism by energy experts that it lacks clarity and capital.

  • Patrick Durkin
Minister for the State Electricity Commission, Lily Di Ambrosio and interim SEC CEO Chris Miller

Victoria’s SEC could end up with offshore profits

Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio says the SEC will only produce one-fifth of the state’s new energy generation by 2035.

  • Gus McCubbing

May 2023

Daniel Andrews says the promise of reviving the SEC was key to Labor’s election win in November.

Andrews’ $1b SEC ‘stunt’ left in budget dark

Victorian Energy Minister Lily D’Ambrosio has defended limited funding being committed to bringing back the State Electricity Commission.

  • Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin

February 2023

Alan Finkel is one of six panellists appointed to oversee the revival of the State Electricity Commission in Victoria.

Finkel warns on big renewable challenge

The former chief scientist has joined former Telstra CEO Andy Penn and former energy tsar Audrey Zibelman on the board of Victoria’s government-owned energy operator.

  • Patrick Durkin and Angela Macdonald-Smith

January 2023

Hydrogen installations could be perversely discouraged by caps in the price of fossil fuels.

How gas price caps blow up investment

Labor’s intervention tells investors in hydrogen that policy can change on a whim if the politics suit it.

  • Amanda Stoker

November 2022

Meeting state targets on renewables has driven Australia’s progress.

Energy security is at stake unless ‘assertive’ action is taken

In the global competition for clean-energy components, Australia is losing out because it lacks a whole-of-country approach.

  • Agnes King
Alan Finkel has been tasked to look at Biden’s inflation reduction act and clean energy supply chains.

Former chief scientist Alan Finkel moved into renewables role

Chris Bowen has redirected Alan Finkel’s efforts toward Biden’s clean energy revolution.

  • Jacob Greber

Saul Griffith attacks ex-chief scientist’s hydrogen start-up

Alan Finkel’s new business won’t be able to overcome the economic barriers to using renewable energy to make hydrogen, the electricity advocate said.

  • Aaron Patrick

October 2022

Finkel says ‘binary truth arguments’ not helpful for hydrogen

Australia’s former chief scientist says electrification and hydrogen will both have a big role to play in decarbonising the global economy.

  • Peter Ker and Colin Packham

March 2022

Extinction Rebellion protesters stop the traffic in Brisbane last year.

New green careers for all those young extinction rebels

Once they have got the superglue off, a raft of new opportunities will await the workers of the future.

  • Rowan Dean
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January 2022

Coal will be a shrinking part of a massively expanding system.

Net zero electricity sector will be five times bigger than today

A system that can charge electric cars and replace household gas will be far bigger than anything we have now. Is Australia ready for that kind of investment?

  • Blair Comley
Gina Rinehart: “We have an outstanding group of partners, and we believe that now is the right time.”

Gina Rinehart, Alan Finkel, Rod Sims lead Australia Day honours

Investment banker John Wylie, Sonic Healthcare and Transurban director Jane Wilson and former Coca-Cola Amatil CEO Alison Watkins also received honours.

  • Michael Read
Suiso Frontier arrived Thursday afternoon at Port of Hastings , Victoria, coming from Kobe Japan.

This ship is carrying Australia’s energy future - at minus 253C

The world-first shipment of liquid hydrogen opens up a new horizon in Australia’s trade with its important partner Japan.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

December 2021

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Can hydrogen cars get a footing amid the battery blitz?

Battery electric vehicles have stolen a march on cars powered by hydrogen fuel cells, but there might be room for both on Australian roads.

  • Peter Ker

November 2021

Santos will develop its CCS project in the Moomba gas fields in South Australia.

Carbon capture and storage ‘has to work’ to reach net zero

Carbon capture and storage has a rubbish track record after more than 15 years of disappointments. But it is considered crucial for industries such as cement to reach net zero.

  • Angela Macdonald-Smith

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