Energy
Fuel giant Ampol to miss target for electric vehicle charging bays
Australia’s top fuel supplier say its plan to install 300 electric charging bays by the end of this year is moving slower than expected.
- by Nick Toscano
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Crossbench demands Labor pork-barrel-proof $22 billion policy
Future Made in Australia is in limbo unless the Albanese government provides assurances the centrepiece policy will not be used to buy votes.
- by David Crowe
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Renewables
‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’: The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms
Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income, but can also offer agricultural benefits.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Earnings season
Origin shares tumble despite $1.4b profit on soaring electricity prices
Origin Energy has reported a 30 per cent rise in profit amid soaring earnings from its domestic power plants and retailing business, but shares have dived on a lower earnings target than expected.
- by Nick Toscano
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Renewables
Half an hour of power: Renewables’ record surge a sign of future supply
The energy regulator says renewables could dominate the electricity grid within the decade – if the grid gets the right upgrades.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Top polluter AGL buys green energy group to power its shift from coal
Power giant AGL has struck a deal to buy a big battery and solar developer as it races to add more renewables in time for its impending coal plant closures.
- by Nick Toscano
Shock downgrade hits new Victorian gasfield, worsening risk of shortfalls
The state’s first new gasfield to begin production in a decade, off the coast of Port Campbell, is now thought to hold much less gas than first forecast.
- by Nick Toscano
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State Parliament
Revealed: Sharpe signed off on rewrite that helped keep Eraring power station open
Just months before it announced the deal to extend the life of Eraring, the NSW government asked the electricity grid operator to undertake more conservative modelling.
- by Max Maddison
New tax stoush flares over Woodside’s $7.7b oil project in Senegal
Woodside, the largest Australian energy company, is locked in a legal dispute in Senegal over how much tax it must pay from its newest oil field.
- by Nick Toscano
Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift
Australia’s biggest coal exporter says more than two-thirds of its shareholders want the company to hold on to its coal mines.
- by Nick Toscano
Bowen slams as ‘lie’ Dutton’s claim on energy bills amid cost-of-living fight
The opposition leader says power prices have increased by $1000 under the Albanese government. But Labor says those claims don’t stack up.
- by Mike Foley