Renewables
‘Nightmare scenario’: Ageing coal power is driving up electricity bills
Unplanned outages at three east coast coal power stations contributed to soaring wholesale electricity prices, one of the factors that drive up bills.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Royal family gets financial boost from offshore wind and palaces
Profits at the Crown Estate doubled thanks to offshore wind deals, while visitors to royal palaces are almost back to pre-pandemic levels.
- by Stephen Castle
Forrest’s Fortescue boosts spending to keep green hydrogen dream alive
Mining giant says it will lift spending on its green energy division this year despite setbacks tempering its ambitious green hydrogen targets.
- by Nick Toscano
Macquarie affirms bet on green energy shift after ‘soft start’ to year
Macquarie Group boss Shemara Wikramanayake says any change in policies, including under a Trump presidency, won’t derail the long-term green energy transition.
- by Millie Muroi
Top agency casts doubt on nuclear reactors flagged by Dutton
Australia’s academy of engineers says the cost and operational performance of small modular nuclear reactors are untested and unproven.
- by Bianca Hall
‘We’ll be living with these’: The renewable-energy blitz dividing regional towns
Australia’s renewable energy rollout is facing headwinds in the very communities it needs on board. For the switch to succeed, they need a bigger stake in it.
- by James Button
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EVs charge to the front – and to the rescue – in clean power reforms
Electric vehicles are a key target of reforms that aim to harness the wave of new, clean energy technology.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
‘Reckless renewables’: The NSW community fighting a massive solar farm
The residents of the tiny hamlet of Wallaroo in the Southern Tablelands say they support renewables, but the proposal for a giant solar farm on their doorstep is in the wrong location.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Light at the end of the tunnel: After seven weeks wedged in rock, Florence is finally free
The giant tunnel boring machine has been stuck for months in hard rock deep below the Kosciuszko National Park.
- by Mike Foley
No time to waste on another climate war, big business warns
Energy and manufacturing giants are refusing to back the Coalition’s rejection of Australia’s 2030 climate targets, and want to accelerate the green power shift.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley