Costly warning for Australia’s renewables dream
Energy industry leaders have revealed the race to connect renewables to the grid is challenging and costly as projects blow out by billions.
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Investors bet billions on Australia’s race to net zero
Major global energy companies looking to pour tens of billions into the race to net zero are flocking to Australia for a piece of the renewables market.
‘Energy security’: Nuclear project to power millions of homes
Nuclear is integral to future energy needs, according Australian Rob Jordan, who is overseeing a major UK project that has benefits beyond net zero carbon emission targets. See why.
‘Craziness’: Australia’s big plan to join elite group
It’s something that only 20 other countries have embraced, and now Australia is keen to join them in a big way with off-shore energy generation.
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News Corp’s plan to reach net zero by 2050
News Corp Australia is following its global company’s target to reach net zero emissions by 2050. This is how we plan to achieve it.
Keeping the lights on: Fixing Australia’s power crisis
Australia has many power options between coal, gas, solar, wind, hydro, hydrogen and even nuclear. But this is why it’s not easy to make the switch.
‘Sick of being used’: Coal miner fury amid move to net zero
Mining giants are moving towards net zero solutions as workers want change, and are “sick of being used as political footballs”.
‘People dying’: Why China is in the hot seat
China gets smashed by even more extreme climate events than Australia — and this is why it knows it must act to save lives.
Full list: How the world is racing to save the planet
The race is on to limit global warming to 2 degrees. Here’s what the rest of the world is doing – including China – and how Australia compares.
Australia’s 10 biggest polluters revealed
These are our 10 biggest greenhouse gas emitters. See the list and what they are doing to change their ways and save the planet.
$2.1 trillion lucky country: 672,000 jobs bonanza
Billionaires, blue collar workers and green groups have all joined forces for Mission Zero — a new plan to get Australians more jobs with a smarter, cleaner nation.
Victorian manufacturing’s next frontier in Latrobe Valley
The closure of Ford, Toyota and Holden has long cast a shadow over the Victorian manufacturing sector, but the global shift to a net zero economy presents huge opportunity.
Western Sydney to the Hunter: How NSW can go green
NSW is perfectly positioned to become a global leader in low carbon heavy manufacturing, but it needs one key thing to make it happen.
‘Critical time’: Qld’s transition to net zero
Queensland’s manufacturing sector is on the ‘precipice of a critical time’ as it faces one of the biggest challenges in the transition to a net zero economy.
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