This Month
- Opinion
- Energy transition
China’s cleantech leadership is Australia’s decarbonisation opportunity
Our path to a green future can thrive by strengthening its climate partnership with China.
- David Olsson
September
- Opinion
- Paris Agreement
Bringing COP31 Down Under will be an unprecedented opportunity
Australia could co-host the global climate meeting in 2026 well on the way to emissions targets, and ready to drive fresh momentum.
- Kerry Schott and John Connor
Dutton’s nuclear policy put to the test
Several of the fundamental arguments made by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton to underpin the Coalition’s nuclear policy do not convince independent energy experts.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Renewables projects rebound, but still behind target
The Clean Energy Regulator raised its forecast for wind and solar farm approvals this year, after a drop in generation from renewables in the June quarter.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Dutton loose with the truth on benefits of nuclear energy
Readers’ letters on the opposition leader’s nuclear push; international student caps; the Victorian Liberal Party; childcare costs; and the Greens.
- Exclusive
- Energy storage
Labor shrugs off flat battery projects with $25m investment
Treasurer Cameron Dick said he was confident the $70 million plant in Maryborough wouldn’t suffer the same fate as earlier failures of battery ventures.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and James Hall
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Dutton nuclear policy sell fails to add up the cost
The energy future of Australia requires details – and lots of them – so that voters can make an informed choice.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Dutton’s nuclear folly is an economy wrecker
Under the Coalition, Australian manufacturing would face a decade of uncertainty and taxpayers would finance the renationalisation of electricity generation.
- Craig Emerson
- Opinion
- Nuclear energy
Six points that Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan has to answer
The major parties are further apart than ever on energy policy, and neither has a credible plan to reduce prices. Where does that leave the Coalition’s nuclear gamble?
- Tony Wood
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Not pulling the climate trigger shows needle Labor must thread
Anthony Albanese has overruled Tanya Plibersek on a deal with the Greens because he doesn’t want to hang a lantern over what a Labor-Greens minority government might entail for the mining industry, especially in WA.
- The AFR View
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Energy revolution happens a cooktop at a time
The green transition starts in households. If you don’t think that’s true, then you have not thought about it enough.
- Zoe Daniel
Australia and Germany in $660m hydrogen funding initiative
Chris Bowen has rejected commentary about the death of hydrogen industry, claiming production could reach a million tonnes a year in five years.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and James Hall
- Sponsored
- GE Vernova
Hydrogen’s bright role supporting nation’s renewable energy future
Hydrogen, once seen as a niche energy source, is central to the global shift towards lower emissions energy. Australia has a leading role in the transition.
Sponsored
by GE Vernova
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Record weeks for renewables blow up Dutton’s nuclear con
The record high of low-cost wind and solar in the grid comes as we are still waiting for the costing on the Coalition’s plan to nationalise the eye-watering cost of seven nuclear plants.
- Tim Buckley and Annemarie Jonson
- Sponsored
- Mitsubishi
Future of the automotive industry and the energy transition
The automotive industry is experiencing one of the most profound transformations since Henry Ford.
Sponsored
by Mitsubishi
Gas ‘reality dawning’ for Victorian government, says exploration firm
Lakes Blue Energy chief operating officer Tim O’Brien has welcomed the Allan government’s public softening of its stance on gas.
- Gus McCubbing
Learning to live with 50 degree temperatures
From Dubai to Mumbai, cities are having to adapt to hotter summers, often exacerbating economic inequality in the process.
- Chloe Cornish
Warning on the growing solar panel scrap heap
The industry is nearing a tipping point as the nation grapples with unprecedented levels of waste.
- Nina Hendy
Soil carbon capture surges as AI drives down costs
Artificial intelligence can reduce barriers to implementing soil carbon projects as ag tech creates new opportunities.
- Agnes King
How this battery system can help the energy transition
The electricity grid is long on solar power and short on storage. This first of a kind battery service could be the solution.
- Sian Powell