This Month
Victoria walks back timetable for key Gippsland wind infrastructure
In a delayed update, the state removed references to when a marine supply base was expected to be operational and dropped details of offtake contract auctions.
No extra gas for domestic market under Dutton plan: industry
The sector has changed its criticism of the Coalition’s energy policy from complaining it would create a glut, to arguing it would create a shortfall.
Japan warns on Dutton’s gas reservation policy
A Tokyo think tank says limiting sales into the regional spot market could “handicap” Australian producers and trim Japanese trading in South-East Asia.
‘Doesn’t stack up’: Top investors go cold on nuclear
New data shows Australia’s top asset managers have little interest in investing in atomic energy generation.
Gas to qualify as ‘critical mineral’ under Coalition
Natural gas would rank alongside lithium in being eligible for funding from the $4 billion critical minerals facility, shadow resources minister Susan McDonald said.
Gas policy ‘taken over by activists’: Beach CEO
Brett Woods also took aim at politicians opposing local gas supply projects that are forcing the industry towards more emissions intensive and expensive imports.
Korean giant strikes out at gas intervention
Kogas has questioned whether it can still rely on its contracts to buy Australian LNG, given mounting government intervention in the domestic gas market.
March
Santos breaks ranks on Dutton’s gas plan
The gas producer looks set to emerge as a winner under the Coalition’s gas policy, despite it being widely blamed for the risk of shortages on the east coast.
Record winter gas shortfall is coming: ACCC
Ensuring Queensland’s LNG exporters divert unsold gas to the local market will be critical to avoid supply shocks, the watchdog said.
Victorian energy shortage fears drive $400m investment in gas venture
Buyer interest and higher prices provide confidence in what is the largest new project in the south-east, said Amplitude Energy chief executive Jane Norman.
Winter gas threat pushed out but shortages loom
The energy market operator expects winter gas shortages to hit Victoria in 2028 and predicts a serious energy shock without new investment. Queensland says it will keep coal-fired power stations open longer.
Looming threat to curb Queensland LNG exports spurs new drilling
The concern among Queensland’s LNG exporters about a crackdown on Asian sales contract renewals is pushing them to drill for new gas to supply domestic customers.
Transgrid seeks government support for vital $700m grid investment
Transgrid CEO Brett Redman says the company needs NSW government and regulatory support to proceed with investments without blowing-up its credit rating.
Consumers trapped by rising cost of energy failure and power bills
Power prices will be a key election topic as Labor sells the benefits of renewables and the Coalition insists nuclear offers the only affordable answer. But under both plans, it’s customers who will pay.
Europe’s biggest battery hope Northvolt files for bankruptcy in Sweden
The Swedish company boasted $US10 billion in funding and was set to challenge China’s electric vehicle battery dominance. Instead, it has collapsed.
Massive gas drilling program approved in Bass Strait
ConocoPhillips’ junior partner in the venture said it was “very unusual to see a drilling program of this size”.
February
‘Big water battery’ wins backing in NSW storage tender
The success of a $1.8 billion project near Mudgee in a NSW underwriting tender for clean energy comes amid mounting evidence that pumped hydro can be difficult and costly.
EnergyAustralia owner would rather contract green power than build it
Parent CLP Group is “open-minded” about funding options for transition projects at EnergyAustralia, which needs to be self-funding, CEO Chiang Tung Keung says.
Qld may shrink $18.4b hydro project to save venture
The Crisafulli government is considering scaling down the Borumba storage project after a blowout in costs in latest setback to Queensland’s energy transition.
Here’s why Australia-Canada ties matter more than ever
Challenges abound as the Trump administration aims to rewrite global trade rules.