Yesterday
40m litres a day: water utilities’ data centre warning
Businesses say minimum efficiency standards are needed to manage the demands of the booming artificial intelligence industry.
This Month
Alinta’s Singaporean suitor ready to sign on the dotted line
Singapore-listed energy player Sembcorp is expected to sign a deal to buy Australia’s fourth-largest utility company as early as this week.
Private capital’s next act? Bankrolling listed company capex
Should a company pay for expansion plans with shareholders’ money, or someone else’s? This is the next chapter in the public versus private markets debate.
Offshore wind in free fall as AGL abandons Victorian project
Energy giant AGL has walked away from its massive proposed offshore wind project in Victoria in a fresh blow for the state’s plans to get off coal.
Chevron, Gorgon partners give green light for $3b gas investment
The project will involve the development of two new offshore gas fields, the first major investment in the Gorgon LNG venture for more than four years.
It’s evident which way bitcoin is headed
Readers’ letters on the bitcoin craze, investor diligence, psychological injury claims, the Nats’ views on renewables ‘costs’, and solutions to the energy crisis.
AI data centres could be Australia’s next sovereignty test
While Australia should be cautious about the challenges the data centre boom poses, we are well positioned to become a trusted AI-ready data hub in the Asia-Pacific region.
Australia toys with its own ‘Why Nations Fail’ moment on energy
It’s dangerous when institutions are captured by their own storyline. Faith in renewables has become an identity, and that’s a lot harder to tweak than policy.
Renewables go-slow shatters hopes for lower power prices
Households are likely to face higher power bills over the next 10 years because the pace of the clean energy build-out is too slow.
Range anxiety is real: Popular EVs don’t perform as advertised
Real-world testing of EVs found none of the nine models surveyed in 2025 could travel as far as they claimed on a single battery charge.
Sorry Climate 200, but our net zero plan looks like a bungled surgery
Every major smelter or refinery in the country is now either subsidised, curtailed or under review, putting over 73,000 jobs at risk.
‘Almost certain’ transition chaos in Victoria a warning for states
The Victorian government has not properly managed the risks of closing the state’s Yallourn coal power station in 2028, according to a new audit report.
Extending Eraring coal power a ‘good thing’ for NSW, says Minns
The state could face blackouts without a deal, but Climate Change Authority chairman Matt Kean warns that an extension might crowd out renewables investment
Data centres put brakes on Labor’s emissions goals
Explosive data centre power demand proposals have forced the Albanese government to downgrade its electricity sector emissions reduction forecasts.
APA revs up gas power ambitions with $1b commitment
A new Queensland venture with a state-owned generator could be a model for the pipeline owner’s further investments in gas-based electricity, its CEO says.
AEMO warns of NSW blackouts if Eraring closes in 2027
Huge spinning machines needed to keep the state’s power grid stable when Eraring closes won’t arrive until after the generator’s 2027 shutdown date.
November
Korea Inc demands urgent review of clean energy policy settings
Steelmaker POSCO, Korea Gas, and LG Energy are among several major South Korean industrials calling for more investment-friendly policies from Canberra.
Coal and confusion are the only policies Coalition understands
The policy to ditch credible climate action is built on a pile of lies and would drive up energy costs while reducing energy security.
Snowy Hydro inks deals to drive renewables expansion
Contracts to buy wind power and battery capacity should move two major projects in South Australia and Victoria closer to construction.
Labor’s dilemma: Inflation fight or cost-of-living relief
Economists say $6.8 billion in energy bill rebates introduced at the height of the cost-of-living crisis should be stopped or means tested.