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Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill at Karratha Gas Plant.

Gas giant Woodside fumes over six-year wait for huge extension permit

Australia’s biggest gas producer has hit out at federal permit delays, warning red tape will drive out future investment in critical energy supplies.

  • Nick Toscano

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A rendering of what Energy Dome’s energy storage system could look like in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

The future of clean energy storage could lie in Australian coal towns

Sites near some of Australia’s largest coal-fired power stations are being assessed for their potential to house giant domes to stash clean energy.

  • Nick Toscano
Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher has led the company for seven years.

Santos urges next PM to back Narrabri amid gas shortage fears

The oil and gas producer says its controversial Narrabri project offers the best chance to plug the looming gas shortfall in NSW and Victoria.

  • Nick Toscano
US energy secretary Chris Wright.

Trump’s energy chief wants Australia to go nuclear

US energy secretary Chris Wright – who claims net zero goals are “sinister” and has denied the science of climate change – welcomes Australia building reactors.

  • Mike Foley
Australia has among the highest per-capita uptake of rooftop solar panels in the world.

Sun sets over minimum payments for Victorians with rooftop solar

Payments to households sending solar power to the grid will be slashed or even terminated as the Victorian government scraps mandatory feed-in tariffs.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Australia is aiming to double the share of renewable energy in the grid by 2030.

Hitting Labor’s 2030 green power goal remains ‘challenging’, says Origin

Australia’s top energy retailer says hopes of doubling the share of renewables to 82 per cent of the grid by 2030 still looks difficult, even after a recent surge of new funding.

  • Nick Toscano
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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has pledged to build seven nuclear power stations across the country, which according to government data would use more water than the existing coal plants.

Revealed: The water supply risks posed by Dutton’s nuclear plan

The Albanese government has released modelling to attack Peter Dutton’s energy plan, warning farmers will have to give up water to nuclear reactors.

  • Mike Foley
Climate activism and shareholder unrest is pushing power giants like AGL to speed up the shift to renewable energy.

Coal plant closures can’t wait for nuclear power, warns AGL

Australia’s biggest power supplier says there is no way its coal plants can keep operating long enough for Peter Dutton to replace them with nuclear reactors.

  • Nick Toscano
Emissions have flatlined since the government was elected, due in part to a bounce back from the pandemic.

Fact check: Have emissions risen under the Albanese government?

Emissions reduction has flat-lined since the government was elected, due in part to a bounce-back from the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Mike Foley
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Australia is looking for new ways to put sunshine aside for later

As Australia’s shift from coal to renewables continues at pace, companies are working on innovative ways to store larger amounts of clean energy.

  • Nick Toscano

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/energy-5wp