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Taiwan shows Australia the winds of change

Australia has placed offshore wind at the heart of plans to transition to a renewable future. To meet those goals, Australia will need to learn from Taiwan.

16/02/2023. Origin Energy Managing Director Frank Calabria, as the company releases profit results, photographed at their offices in Barangaroo in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Competitive impact of Brookfield’s energy bid under scrutiny

The ACCC has flagged potential concerns about Brookfield’s ownership of transmission company AusNet as it weighs its watershed $18.7bn Origin takeover bid.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) chairman John Elkann (R) speaks to journalists at the Bocconi University in southern Milan on May 27, 2019 prior to a meeting called

Fiat founders take a stake in renewable developer

Italy’s billionaire Agnelli family has bought a stake in a major Australian renewable energy developer.

Protesters outside outside the Santos AGM at the Adelaide Convention Centre Thursday,April,6,2023.Picture Mark Brake

Santos hopes to restart Barossa project drilling within months

The energy group says drilling could soon resume at its suspended $5.3bn Barossa gas project in the Timor Sea, if its resubmitted environmental plan is approved.

A general view of the Liddell Power Station in Muswellbrook, New South Wales, Tuesday, September 19, 2017. Owner AGL has announced they plan to close the ageing coal fired power station in 2022, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is pushing for the plant to remain open. (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts) NO ARCHIVING

Liddell coal exit led to rise in power prices

Electricity prices rose after AGL shut down NSW’s Liddell coal power station in April, exacerbating fears over a jump in household bills as the fossil fuel exits the power grid.

Robertson Barracks solar farm. Picture: Annabel Bowles

We’ll hit energy targets, say NSW and Victoria

States and the federal government are moving as fast as possible toward clean energy but development of zero-emission generators must be ramped up, a conference has heard.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 1, 2022: Woodside Energy CEO Meg O'Neill at Crown in Sydney on Thursday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

Woodside sales drop amid Scarborough concerns

The energy major is under pressure to secure approvals for its $16.5bn Scarborough project after reporting a 29 per cent drop in quarterly sales revenue.

03/11/2022. Plenary session 1. Climate change: the new frontier for corporate governance. Moderator: Ticky Fullerton, Business Editor at Large, The Australian Business Review. Panel: Karen Chester, Deputy Chair, ASIC, Dr Guy Debelle, Chief Financial Officer, Fortescue Future Industries. Emma Herd, Partner, Climate Change and Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young. Patricia Cross, Chair, OFX, Independent Non-Executive Director, Transurban Limited, Board Member, Future Fund.ASIC Annual Forum 2022 held at the Hilton hotel in Sydney. Britta Campion / The Australian

Power prices to rise without renewables now

Australia has ambitious energy transition goals, but former RBA deputy governor Guy Debelle warns urgent action is needed now or electricity prices will increase.

Woodside’s Sangomar project suffers cost blow outs, delays

The first oil from Woodside’s project in Senegal is now not expected until mid-2024, and the development will cost up to 13 per cent more after repairs were found to be needed.

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Solar panels are pictured at Lenham Solar Farm near Maidstone, south east England, on January 6, 2023. (Photo by Ben Stansall / AFP)

Indigenous groups strike solar farm partnership

The development plan comes amid soaring global interest in hydrogen, but the Indigenous groups say they want control and not royalties.