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Colin Packham is the energy reporter at The Australian. He was previously at The Australian Financial Review and Reuters in Sydney and Canberra.

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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.

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EnergyMining & Energy

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.

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EnergyRenewable energy & economy

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.

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EnergyMining & Energy

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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Renewable energyRenewable energy & economy

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.

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ExclusiveRenewable energy & economy

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 14, 2019 New Brighton lighthouse is pictured at sunset, in New Brighton, at the mouth of the river Mersey, in north-west England on May 14, 2019, with the Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm visible on the horizon. - Britain, a global leader in offshore wind energy, plans to make the sector one of the pillars of its transition to carbon neutrality in the coming decades. The country aims to quadruple its offshore electricity production capacity by 2030 by utilising the windswept North Sea and a favourable policy environment. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Alinta’s offshore wind farm plans blown away

The energy major’s plans have been up-ended after the Albanese government unexpectedly announced projects must be located further from the coast.

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EconomyMarkets

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA, The Sunday Telegraph, Friday, 14 July 2023.Philip Lowe Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia pictured leaving the RBA. Picture: The Sunday Telegraph, Monique Harmer

Lowe’s RBA axing was political: fund managers

Philip Lowe was dumped as governor of the Reserve Bank by a government looking to distract and it sets a dangerous precedent, fund managers have warned.

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exclusiveRenewable energy & economy

A photograph taken on June 8, 2023 shows the Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm, under construction around 27km from the coast of Montrose, Angus in the North Sea. The Seagreen Offshore Wind Farm is a joint venture between Total Energies (51%) and SSE Renewables (49%) and it will be Scotlandâs largest and the world's deepest fixed foundation offshore wind farm once complete. (Photo by Andy Buchanan / AFP)

Danish giant enters Australian wind farm race

Orsted – the world’s largest offshore wind developer – has sought licences to develop two huge projects in Australia, and is seeking approval to begin preliminary work early next year.

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EnergyMining & Energy

Federal ministers Barnaby Joyce, Matt Canavan and David Gillispie visit the Mandalong Coal Mine at Morriset and the Vales Point Power Station at Lake Macquarie (pictured). Picture: Toby Zerna

Delta Electricity flags extending lifespan of coal power station

The energy group is positioning to capitalise should Australia’s transition away from coal take longer than currently expected and renewable development continues to struggle.

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EnergyRenewable energy & economy

An employee wears a safety harness and hard hat as he checks the oil cooling system on the top of a wind turbine unit manufactured by Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA and operated by Enel Green Power SpA, the clean-energy unit of Italy's biggest utility Enel SpA at their wind farm in Frosolone, Italy, on Tuesday, July 29, 2014. Enel SpA, Italy's largest utility, will steer investments into Latin America and renewable energy as recession damps electricity demand in its biggest market. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg

INPEX buys stake in renewable developer

Japan’s largest oil and gas company is targeting a significant increase in renewable capacity in Australia.

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