Forrest’s Fortescue boosts spending to keep green hydrogen dream alive
Mining giant says it will lift spending on its green energy division this year despite setbacks tempering its ambitious green hydrogen targets.
- by Nick Toscano
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Lithium boss says prices for Australia’s ‘white gold’ may have bottomed
Australia’s largest independent lithium miner is preparing to boost output of the electric battery metal, even as prices languish around three-year lows.
- by Nick Toscano
Electricity prices rise as cold spell and wind drought bite
Electricity costs are climbing again after a stretch of cold weather coincided with a wind power drought, forcing expensive gas plants to fill the gap.
- by Nick Toscano
Woodside in talks to form ‘dream team’ for US gas exports
Oil and gas giant Woodside is in talks to pull together a team of potential partners to help launch its new LNG terminal in the United States to muscle into the market.
- by Nick Toscano
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Woodside chases global LNG ‘powerhouse’ crown with latest deal
Australia’s top oil and gas company has agreed to buy US LNG developer Tellurian and a huge new export terminal it has started building in Louisiana.
- by Nick Toscano
EVs charge to the front – and to the rescue – in clean power reforms
Electric vehicles are a key target of reforms that aim to harness the wave of new, clean energy technology.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
No time to waste on another climate war, big business warns
Energy and manufacturing giants are refusing to back the Coalition’s rejection of Australia’s 2030 climate targets, and want to accelerate the green power shift.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Big energy investors wary of climate wars, Bowen says
Opposition threats to scrap Australia’s 2030 emissions target and talk up nuclear power have rattled major players behind renewables projects, according to the federal energy minister.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Nuclear not the solution Australia needs, says electricity grid chief
One of Australia’s top energy officials warns nuclear energy is expensive and cannot be developed in time to replace coal plants.
- by Nick Toscano
Giant batteries are getting even bigger in Australia as coal exit nears
Developers of giant batteries designed to smooth the shift from coal to cleaner power are attracting record levels of investment.
- 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
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