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More than 4 million Australians are producing their own electricity from the sun via their rooftop solar

You’re putting too much solar on your roof

Turn your home into a power station and you’re changing your role from that of customer to speculator in one of the most volatile, cut-throat commodity markets on the planet.

  • David Fickling

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Hazy Brisbane on the hottest October day in 20 years.

Smoke blankets scorching city as thousands still without power after storm

It was still about 32 degrees and 19,042 were without power in Brisbane on Monday evening.

  • William Davis and Julius Dennis
Lakes Entrance.

Ten Victorian towns to lose piped gas as operator says network is too expensive

Solstice Energy says it will switch off its gas pipelines in the affected towns by the end of next year.

  • Kieran Rooney
A new report from AEMO has warned of rising cost of new transmission projects.

Cost of key Victoria-NSW energy link soars

The bill for a massive transmission project to bolster Victoria’s energy grid is now estimated to have almost doubled.

  • Kieran Rooney and Nick Toscano
Blowouts for key transmission lines is risking further extensions to coal plants and increased greenhouse emissions from the energy grid.

Strung out: Power line problems put nation’s renewable rollout on backburner

Cost blowouts and delays on key transmission-line projects are risking Australian coal plants staying open for longer, and sending greenhouse emissions in the wrong direction.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
The Dawson mine in Queensland that Anglo American owns in a joint venture.

Coal to power Queensland ‘as long as sensible and needed’

Treasurer David Janetzki says the LNP will take a more aggressive approach to using fossil fuels and extend the use of gas and coal.

  • Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
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Higher power bills to kick in from July

Price caps for the hardest-hit electricity regions will spike 9.7 per cent for the coming 12 months.

  • Mike Foley
The “true cost” of the power line from the coast to Mount Isa is now expected to be $13.9 billion.

Critical Queensland energy project price balloons again

A closer examination of the project revealed extra costs associated with connecting mining and renewable energy projects, the state government said.

  • Savannah Meacham
Premier Roger Cook said 130 poles caught fire over the long weekend.

Mass power outages plunge thousands across WA into darkness on long weekend

As the mercury is predicted to soar to 37 degrees on Tuesday, thousands of residents are still without power and are worried and frustrated at the delays. 

  • Holly Thompson
The Kemerton Battery Energy Storage System was approved by the WA regional Development Assessment Panel on December 4.

Big BESS: State’s largest power bank to be built in WA’s South West

A $400 million Battery Energy Storage System will use lithium-ion battery technology to support the WA power grid through wind and solar energy.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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