Energy
Australia is a top gas exporter. Should it start to import it now too?
A plan for Australia to start importing giant shipments of liquefied gas will undergo a new assessment for approval amid worries of an east-coast energy crunch.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
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Renewables
Harnessed waste heat from cremations, sewage sludge could soon power our homes
Waste heat generated from piggeries, kilns and even crematoriums is being touted to power homes under a trial that has developed a commercially viable engine.
- by Bianca Hall
‘Batteries on wheels’: Imagine earning $3000 a year from your electric car
Tantalising new technology means electric cars could reshape the power grid – and make drivers money.
- by Nick Toscano
Renewables meet reality: Power grid emissions rise to threaten Australia’s climate goals
Australia is at the forefront of the green transition, but the weather gods are testing the government’s plans to cut greenhouse gases.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Three months to back up the grid as risk of summer blackouts ramps up
The grid operator found that delays to key energy projects could cause power outages during a summer heatwave on the eastern seaboard.
- by Mike Foley
Coalition pledges to ditch nuclear sites if earthquake zones are declared unsafe
Following Friday’s Hunter Valley earthquake, Dutton’s energy spokesman, Ted O’Brien, says a Coalition government would review the sites if elected.
- by Mike Foley
Fuel giant says it’s time to get on with gas import plan
One of Australia’s biggest fuel suppliers says there is growing recognition that time is running out to avert a gas crisis in the nation’s south-east.
- by Nick Toscano
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Big emitters chase new climate fix: turning their pollution into products
Rio Tinto and Woodside have signed up to a $60m scientific initiative as they search for ways to cut emissions and convert their waste into cleaner commodities.
- by Nick Toscano
Florence the machine to get a boring friend at Snowy 2.0
A fourth giant tunnelling machine will be added to the Snowy 2.0 pumped-hydro project in a bid to keep it on track.
- by Mike Foley
Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick
The project to build Australia’s largest solar farm has been approved after collapsing last year due to a rift between billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest.
- by Mike Foley
Australia’s window for hitting net zero is ‘rapidly closing’
The share of wind, solar and hydropower in the electricity grid needs to more than double by 2030 for the nation to reach its net zero goal, modelling suggests.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano