The federal Labor government has effectively abandoned the long standing renewable energy target and will take a hands-on policy approach through a series of auctions to secure 32GW of new wind, solar and storage capacity to meet its ambitious 82 per cent renewable energy target for 2030....
Solar power continued to expand its influence over Australia’s main grid on the weekend, setting new records for output and generation share, and helping to send the output of black coal to a new low....
NuScale, the controversial proponent of nuclear small modular reactor designs that has been championed by the federal Coalition and technology ideologues around the world, has had its flagship project cancelled because of rising costs....
Rooftop solar continues to take a big bite out of the business and operating model of Australia’s main grid, hitting new output records on Sunday and sending minimum demand records tumbling across the country....
Victorian Labor has officially launched the State Electricity Commission, the renewables focused reboot of the publicly-owned utility that, for much of the 1900s, was the sole agency for the state’s power generation, transmission, distribution and supply....
The South Australia Labor government has announced the potential winners of its landmark green hydrogen tender, which will see the construction of a 250 MW electrolyser and a 200 MW hydrogen gas generator that will be key to managing its accelerating shift towards 100 per cent renewables....
South Australia announces winners of landmark green hydrogen tender that will play key role in state’s advance to 100 pct renewables and plans to “ship sun beyond our shores.”
The overwhelming takeaway from industry experts at this year’s AFR Energy & Climate Summit was that while commitment to ambitious clean energy goals remains strong, achieving 82 per cent renewable energy by 2030 is fast becoming unachievable under the existing plan....
Toyota Australia has announced a $3 million tilt at the stationary hydrogen fuel cell power generator market, in a deal with France-based EODev to assemble and distribute its fuel cell technology from Melbourne.
Engie and Posco team up again to study major green hydrogen project in Pilbara to supply a green iron facility and potentially green steel.
Fortescue turns back to Plug Power for key electrolyser supply deal, and plans to sign it up for a number of global green hydrogen projects.
Fortescue Energy boss Mark Hutchinson says Andrew Forrest is “betting his net work” on the success of the company’s planned green hydrogen mega projects.
Brookfield, the world’s biggest investment fund with more than $A1.3 trillion under management, has won approval for its contested bid for Australia’s biggest utility Origin Energy, despite regulatory fears that its existing ownership of key network assets could disadvantage rival renewable energy developers....
The Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) has released a statement urging the government to be more ambitious with its energy targets – net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2035....
The Australian Energy Market Commission says it will get to work applying an emissions reduction objective to its rule-making and review processes, setting in motion what has been described as the most important reform to the Australian energy market in decades....
One of the often-discussed issues in energy economics circles is the scope for EV charging, with its large loads, to make households more responsive to prices....
The Federal Labor government has put a $387 billion price tag on the cost of the federal Coalition’s push for nuclear energy, describing those plans as “lies and fantasies” and based around a hatred for wind and solar....
