Race to renewables as households face power bill hikes
Plans are under way to cut emissions and reduce prices but some energy company heads say a lack of renewable supply and investment threatens to increase costs.
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Off-grid hydrogen box could replace diesel generators
A shipping container-sized energy system has been developed by hydrogen startup Endua for remote sites, potentially eliminating millions of diesel generators.
Concerns Queensland power prices to rise over Callide
The Callide C joint venture has revised the return to service dates for two units at the incident-prone coal-fired power station have been pushed out to 2024.
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AGL has ‘time tunnel’ to Australia’s energy transition
The energy transformation is playing out on a small island in South Australia's industrial heartland, where one of the biggest emitters is shaping the future.
Power bills to surge for thousands under new price cap
Customers on the default electricity market offer will be slugged with price rises of up to 25 per cent because of high wholesale energy costs.
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Power bills to surge despite budget tipping modest rise
The energy regulator has confirmed double-digit power price rises will continue from July 1 despite the May budget's claims of curbing cost of living pressures.
Industry maps ‘net-zero’ future for gas supply, exports
Nine industrial zones to "carpool" emissions and give gas a long-term role in the economy have been mapped by the industry with help from CSIRO scientists.
Clean energy budget stakes $2b on renewable hydrogen
Australia's energy future will include green hydrogen as the federal budget bets $2 billion on the hero fuel and helps homes and businesses save on power bills.
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One-off energy relief welcome but plug in more solar
Permanent energy bill relief through access to rooftop solar is a priority most households want to see in the budget, including those who don't own a roof.
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‘Cooking the climate’ with subsidies for gas producers
Record taxpayer dollars paid to traditional energy firms are "cooking the climate" when budgets should be funding action to stop climate change, research shows.
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‘Bittersweet’ end of an era for coal-fired Liddell
After years of pressure from governments and investors about Liddell's future, decades of the power station's workers are gathering to farewell "the old girl".
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Gas price caps extended as energy costs stoke inflation
Gas price controls will be extended to help households and business afford access, but the industry warns the measures won't fix supply issues.
Origin Energy recommends $18.7 billion takeover offer
A group of North American companies appears likely to take control of Australian electricity and gas supplier Origin Energy under a bid worth $18.7 billion.
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Gabba’s Olympic rebuild will solve electrical woes
Queensland's Gabba stadium was well prepared for a blackout that occurred during a major AFL fixture on Friday night after a similar situation occurred in 2019.
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Rooftop solar feed-in charges ‘unlikely’ in Qld
Queensland's energy minister has hosed down concerns about a "sun tax" on homeowners for feeding solar power back to the grid, as has been proposed in NSW.
PM feels no shame over ‘significant’ power price rises
The prime minister says energy price hikes would have been higher were it not for market intervention, while denying the rises were embarrassing his government.
Qld homes, businesses to get electricity bill relief
The Queensland government has promised to give households and small businesses in the state's southeast bigger electricity bill rebates in 2023/24.
Power prices to soar as Australia heads into winter
Energy regulators expect maximum residential electricity prices to rise more than 30 per cent in some areas amid high commodity prices and generation costs.
Aussie scientists make electricity out of thin air
Aussie scientists have discovered a hydrogen-munching enzyme that turns air into clean energy and it could leave batteries for dead.
Qld power station won’t run at full capacity until 2024
Queensland state-owned electricity generator CS Energy has flagged that its Callide power station may end up running at reduced capacity for almost three years.
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Qld to spend $5b to link northwest to the national grid
The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.
Qld govt keen on Copperstring takeover
The Queensland government has indicated it will take over a 1000-kilometre high voltage electricity transmission network in the northwest of the state.
Car-donnay: Electric vehicle powers winery
A Barossa Valley winery is being powered by an electric car as part of an Australian-first trial that will open up to other participants within weeks.
Fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin has celebrated seizing territory in Ukraine as his forces press forward with air and ground attacks in the country's east.
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Qld to seek coal, gas cap compensation
Queensland will oppose market interventions, such as wholesale gas and coal price caps or windfall taxes if the state isn't compensated, the premier says.
Putin open to talks on Ukraine: Kremlin
The Kremlin says Russian President Vladimir Putin is open to talks about a possible settlement in Ukraine after Joe Biden said he was willing to meet.
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Heaviest Ukraine fighting rages in east
In the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, site of the heaviest fighting, Russian forces have tried to make further advances and shelled several towns.
US plans aid to help Ukraine restore power
Ukraine is bracing for new attacks on its already-battered power grid, while the US plans new aid to help the country restore electricity as winter approaches.
Ukraine faces harsh winter amid strikes
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warns that half of Ukraine's power capacity has been crippled by Russia, as the country faces a winter with little to no heating.
Ukraine says half energy system crippled
Kyiv faces a possible shutdown of the power grid after Russian missile strikes disabled almost half of Ukraine's energy system, the government says.
Gas price cap on the table: Albanese
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government is considering capping gas prices as it looks to curb spiralling energy prices.