AGL Energy
Coal plants are powering down to survive Australia’s rooftop solar surge
Energy giant AGL last month carried out an Australia-first trial of taking one of the units in NSW offline for five hours and returning it to service in the afternoon.
- by Nick Toscano
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New deal to power up Alcoa’s Portland smelter until 2035
Aluminium giant Alcoa has locked in a new electricity deal to power its Portland smelter in Victoria’s south-west, strengthening the outlook for the plant’s future.
- by Nick Toscano
Energy giant issues warning on Dutton nuclear plan
Power giant AGL says Australia has reached a critical juncture in the renewable energy transition and has no time to waste waiting for nuclear.
- by Nick Toscano
Bill shock grows as energy giants fail ‘pub test’ on profits
There has been a jump in the number of Victorians seeking help over surging energy prices.
- by Madeleine Heffernan
Top polluter AGL buys green energy group to power its shift from coal
Power giant AGL has struck a deal to buy a big battery and solar developer as it races to add more renewables in time for its impending coal plant closures.
- by Nick Toscano
Australia’s creaking power grid is thwarting renewables and pushing up prices
Delays in upgrades to the east-coast grid could raise power bills by hundreds of dollars a year in some parts of the country, analysis shows.
- by Nick Toscano
Power-hungry data centres are booming in Australia. Can the grid cope?
An explosion in the number of data centres in Melbourne and Sydney, which will use vast amounts of electricity, is looming as a new test for the grid.
- by Nick Toscano
AGL coal sites to house green manufacturing, not nuclear
Australia’s largest power supplier is moving ahead with its plans to turn its old coal sites into low-carbon industrial energy hubs, despite Peter Dutton’s push for them to host nuclear.
- by Nick Toscano
AGL invests in new tech to help cut customers’ power prices
The power giant will be able to manage and trade the energy customers generate from solar panels and batteries at home.
- by Simon Johanson
Can you really turn your house into a power plant?
Virtual power plant programs, and the growing number of retail offers being built around them, are coming at a critical moment in the energy transition.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Renewables
Not everyone will celebrate AGL’s improved profit outlook
Amid a cost-of-living crisis, energy companies have large targets on their backs, along with supermarkets, banks and airlines.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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