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A wind farm project has been halted due to the prospect of Opposition leader Peter Dutton, who has pledged to ban projects around the country, forming government.

In the doldrums: Dutton’s anti-offshore wind agenda halts project

Offshore wind farm developer BlueFloat has paused its offshore wind project, as Opposition Leader Peter Dutton pledges to bar the industry in most locations.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano

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Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull appearing via videolink at the ‘Pumped Storage: Powering Australia’s Energy Future’ conference at the GHD offices in Brisbane yesterday afternoon.

Turnbull pushes pumped hydro, even if Australia goes nuclear

The former PM, now president of the International Hydropower Association, says the energy sector remains “sceptical” about Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power.

  • Cameron Atfield and Sean Parnell

‘Nuclear carbon emission bomb’: 2b tonne greenhouse gas surge forecast under Coalition

The Climate Change Authority has warned a switch to nuclear would lead Australia to miss its climate target for 2030 and struggle to reach net zero by 2050.

  • David Crowe
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

Russian drone attack damages Chernobyl nuclear plant’s shelter, Zelensky says

Radiation levels have not increased, the Ukrainian president and the UN atomic agency say.

  • Reuters
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
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Peter Dutton says nuclear power will bring down prices by 44 per cent, but new analysis argues it will add more than $1000 to the power bills of people with rooftop solar.

Dutton defends nuclear costings as opponents warn of power bill hit

Liberal leader Peter Dutton says his nuclear plan will slice power bills by 44 per cent, but new research argues it will make power more expensive.

  • Shane Wright
This satellite picture shows a laser-ignited fusion research centre located in Mianyang, China.

Images show China ‘building laser-ignited fusion research centre’ in challenge to US

The experiment bay at the Chinese facility is believed to be about 50 per cent bigger than one in the United States, currently the world’s largest.

  • Gerry Doyle

Heard about the shock jock who’s now a clean energy champion? That’s me

I’m not an environmentalist, I’m a pragmatist. I know that clean, renewable energy makes the most sense for Australia.

  • Chris O'Keefe
Santos’ Moomba carbon capture and storage project in South Australia.

Why Japan’s power plants want to bury their emissions in the outback

The start-up of a giant project to bury carbon dioxide in the desert has given Santos greater confidence as it progresses talks with Japan’s big emitters.

  • Nick Toscano

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