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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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18/02/2021 Viva Energy CEO Scott Wyatt at their Geelong refinery.. Aaron Francis/The Australian

Viva Energy tips half-year earnings hit

The refining boom that Viva has profited from in recent years has ended, possibly forcing it to seek revenues from new areas.

Colin Packham

EnergyRenewable energy & economy

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos 5th June 2023: Bill Johnston, Minister for Corrective Services, arrivng at Labor Caucas meeting at WA Parliament House today. Picture: NCA NewsWire /Philip Gostelow

WA energy hub behemoth signs deal with Korean giant

The Western Green Energy Hub in WA’s Goldfields-Esperance region has signed a deal with South Korea’s biggest electricity utility, Korea Electric Power Corporation.

Colin Packham

EnergyRenewable energy & economy

GROWTh: Senex announced domestic gas projection in the Surat Basin has hit and exceeded production growth, as well as sales revenue. Pic: Senex Energy Limited

Gas code awaits project approvals

Gas developers, which have stalled work on new projects, are softening opposition to the Albanese government’s signature gas policy after a spate of exemptions.

Colin Packham

EnergyRenewable energy & economy

MUSWELLBROOK, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 27: Liddell Power Station stands next to Lake Liddell as chimneys at the Bayswater Power Station seen emit water vapour on April 27, 2023 in Muswellbrook, Australia. Liddell Power Station, one of Australia's oldest coal-fired power plants, will shut down on Friday, 28 April, after 52 years in operation. The AGL-owned facility opened in 1971 and was once the most powerful generating station in Australia. With Australia making the transition from coal power to renewables, the site will be transformed into a new low-carbon industrial energy hub. Demolition of the plant will begin next year, with more than 90 per cent of the materials to be recycled, AGL says. The closure of Liddell Power Station will stop 8 million tonnes of Carbon dioxide being released into the atmosphere every year, media reported. (Photo by Roni Bintang/Getty Images)

Companies trim use of local carbon credits

Australia’s Safeguard Mechanism has pushed up the prices of local carbon emission abatement contracts, so corporates have turned to foreign instruments.

Colin Packham

EnergyMining & Energy

Customers urge action after release of gas code

Gas developers are studying the details of the government’s code of conduct for the industry before making any decisions on new developments critical to east coast supply.

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EnergyBusiness

This picture taken on April 18, 2023 shows the Green Hydrogen Plant built by Spanish company Iberdrola in Puertollano. - From Andalusia to the Basque Country, green hydrogen megaprojects are multiplying in Spain, a leading country in this promising sector. A bet, while the economic model for this energy of the future remains to be found. (Photo by Valentin BONTEMPS / AFP)

Labor restricts $2bn seed fund to ‘large’ hydrogen projects

The government’s plan to spend billions creating a new energy industry faces criticism as stringent rules for what projects are eligible for cash is revealed.

Colin Packham

exclusiveRenewable energy & economy

Snowy Hydro 2.0 project under construction. Picture courtesy of Webuild.

Snowy Hydro close to contract with WeBuild

An agreement between Snowy Hydro and WeBuild is close as the two parties work through compensation claims by the Italian developer of more than $2bn.

Colin Packham

exclusiveRenewable energy & economy

Turbines at The Blyth Offshore Demonstrator Wind Farm built by EDF Energy Renewables are seen off the coast of Blyth, north of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in northeast England on October 5, 2017. EDF Energy Renewables finished the construction of the offshore wind farm with five turbines off the coast of Blyth. The five wind turbines stand out from the seascape just a short distance from Blyth Harbour, near Newcastle in north-eastern England. These 'sea monsters' about 200 meters high with 190-meter-long carbon blades, are the most powerful wind turbines installed to date in an offshore park. / AFP PHOTO / William EDWARDS / To go with 'Britain-Energy-Electricity-Wind' by Marie HEUCLIN

Offshore wind developers mull Victoria plan B

Developers at risk of failing to secure a licence to build offshore wind projects in Victoria are mulling plans to acquire stakes in projects that do win favour with regulators.

Colin Packham

EnergyMining & Energy

Stacker-reclaimers operate next to stockpiles of coal at the Newcastle Coal Terminal in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The one-in-100 year flooding event in Australia in recent days forced coal producers from Glencore Plc to Yancoal Australia Ltd. to cut output, while Whitehaven Coal Ltd. said there is a backlog of ships at the key Port of Newcastle export terminal. Photographer: Brendon Thorne/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Whitehaven scores legal win for Narrabri expansion

A NSW court has dismissed a request from the Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action to hinder development work on expanding Whitehaven Coal’s expansion plans.

Colin Packham

EnergyMining & Energy

Make or break gas code poised for release

The full text of the code of conduct governing Australia’s gas market will go a long way to determining whether potential new developments proceed, as east coast users are soon to feel a supply squeeze.

Colin Packham

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