Record taxpayer dollars paid to traditional energy firms are "cooking the climate" when budgets should be funding action to stop climate change, research shows.
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".
Gas price controls will be extended to help households and business afford access, but the industry warns the measures won't fix supply issues.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Queensland government has promised to give households and small businesses in the state's southeast bigger electricity bill rebates in 2023/24.
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 have discovered a hydrogen-munching enzyme that turns air into clean energy and it could leave batteries for dead.
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.
The Queensland government has taken over the planned CopperString 2.0 project to build an 1100km electricity transmission line from Townsville to the northwest.
The Queensland government has indicated it will take over a 1000-kilometre high voltage electricity transmission network in the northwest of the state.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, site of the heaviest fighting, Russian forces have tried to make further advances and shelled several towns.
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.
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.
Kyiv faces a possible shutdown of the power grid after Russian missile strikes disabled almost half of Ukraine's energy system, the government says.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government is considering capping gas prices as it looks to curb spiralling energy prices.
Queensland would have a single public energy retailer to ensure consumers have cheap and reliable electricity under a Greens proposal.
The Queensland premier has put a call out for workers to fill thousands of roles at public energy companies as part of the transition to renewables.
One of Queensland's newest coal power stations is slowly bringing half its generation units back online after a series of equipment failures this week.
Swathes of Ukraine have gone without power after another wave of Russian air strikes pummelled energy facilities on a "very wide" scale.
Russia plans to evacuate tens of thousands of people from the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson that it has occupied.
Australia's energy regulator has triggered a gas supply guarantee as Victoria faces a gas shortage.
A new 400MWh battery in southeast Queensland is the latest in a series of announcements as the state government investigates more energy storage options.
There are calls for an inquiry into Queensland's wholesale electricity prices, which are the highest in the nation and regularly hit record levels.
A number of NSW coal-fired power stations remain offline and residents of NSW will need to conserve power so the state can get through the night.
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