Yesterday
Fire threat rises amid worst conditions since 2019 Black Summer
Damaging winds are fanning extreme fire danger as hot and dry weather envelops large parts of Victoria, south-west NSW and much of eastern South Australia.
- William Ton and Samantha Lock
This Month
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
- Exclusive
- 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
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Nuclear costings put heat on uncosted renewables plan
Both sides of politics should end the charade of promising cheaper power prices while debating the least costly transition to a net zero economy.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Frontier’s modelling exposes flaws of Labor’s renewables policy
The reality dawning on Australians is we don’t have any energy plan close to giving us an honest picture of our future power prices.
- Michael Wu and Zoe Hilton
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Why the critics are wrong about nuclear costings
I stand by the analysis that shows on a system-wide average economic cost basis, including nuclear remains cheaper than a renewables only system.
- Danny Price
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
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Nuclear play snares energy industry in political pincers
Peter Dutton is betting big on nuclear power. Labor labels this economic insanity. And the public won’t believe either party’s estimates of what will be cheaper.
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Economics of Coalition’s nuclear modelling are worth nothing
There may well still be good reasons to favour nuclear. But on the basis of this modelling, the economics isn’t one of them.
- Steven Hamilton
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Finally, reality bites the faux economics of Australia’s energy debate
The Coalition’s nuclear costing report’s theme is that all technologies should be on the table and subjected to analysis that reflects the real world.
- Patrick Gibbons
- 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
Fears nuclear power ‘may stop people moving to the bush’
Regional Australia is having its “phoenix moment” as more people move to the bush, but some residents fear the Coalition’s nuclear plan could hinder growth.
- Stephanie Gardiner
- Opinion
- Gas
Victoria is running out of gas and there is no easy fix
A gas-rich, wealthy country unable to supply gas to its major population centres is a massive policy failing. There is one “least-worst” solution.
- Tony Wood
- Opinion
- Executive pay
Linking executive pay to net zero is working – sort of
It’s encouraging to see this linkage increasingly happening, but there is still work to do when it comes to making sure such efforts are effective.
- Zoe Whitton and Rebecca Mikula-Wright
- Sponsored
- Custom Fleet
Pathway to fleet decarbonisation
Navigating the transition to electric vehicles will be an ongoing focus for so many businesses in the coming years, says Custom Fleet.
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by Custom Fleet
- Sponsored
- Ausgrid
Distributors are the ‘missing middle’ in the future of energy
The distribution network holds the key to unlocking a more cost-effective, equitable energy transition.
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by Ausgrid
November
- Exclusive
- 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.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Climate policy
The argument against clean energy is an argument for more blackouts
It is a race against time with the grid under pressure because of coal’s failure not renewables, writes Climate Change Authority chairman Matt Kean.
- Matt Kean
Energy efforts run into reality
The risk of power blackouts is real and rising this summer – along with the costs of frantically trying to avoid that happening,
- Jennifer Hewett
- Opinion
- Energy transition
COP29 made slow progress in the hottest year ever
The value of the international climate talkfest is again under the spotlight. But Australia should stay on board what has been described as humanity’s life raft.
- Tony Wood
Where have the cowboy solar panel spruikers gone? Home battery storage
The roll-out of renewables to households has been a success. But it has come with a dark side, with dodgy operators taking advantage of ill-informed customers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Updated
- Climate policy
Australia left in limbo after fight to host global COP talks falters
Australia is vying with Turkey to host the annual climate summit, but a discordant meeting in Baku deferred the decision until June – after the federal election.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
Labor failing gas industry on lawfare, approvals: O’Neill
Meg O’Neill said the Albanese government’s lack of progress on streamlining gas approval processes and reining in “lawfare” risks imperilling energy security.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Analysis
- Energy transition
No-shows and early exits make climate talks a sideshow
The world leaders who skipped Baku last week are all in Brazil now. While COPs are always fraught and fractious, this one feels at risk of sliding into irrelevance.
- Hans van Leeuwen