Energy security
Energy crisis boosts case for renewables, top policy adviser says
The pressure on the electricity grid highlights the need for a long-term shift away from fossil fuels, the chair of the Energy Security Board says.
- by David Crowe and Mike Foley
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Coal the burning issue in energy crisis
The eastern seaboard has been threatened with rolling blackout risks followed by an unprecedented market failure.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Opinion
Our energy crisis has been a decade in the making. Don’t expect a quick solution
The chaos and dysfunction in the national electricity market this week flows from the collision of a number of unexpected events with long-term vulnerabilities.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Blackouts dodged as regulator demands answers from power companies
Power companies have been called to an emergency meeting with the energy market regulator after it forced providers to fire up generators taken offline as fuel prices rose.
- by Mike Foley
Union calls for new tax on gas exporters ahead of ministers’ crisis talks
The Australian Workers’ Union’s demand comes as energy chiefs warn more small electricity retailers could collapse under the weight of soaring wholesale prices.
- by Nick Toscano, Mike Foley and Miki Perkins
‘Mind-boggling’ challenge demands deep energy reforms: chief energy adviser
Australia’s chief energy adviser is briefing ministers about reforms needed to tackle rising power bills and to bring more renewables onto the grid.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Italians ‘sweat for Ukraine’ as law sets air conditioners at 27 degrees
The new law, dubbed Operation Thermostat by the local media, aims to severely reduce Italy’s dependence on Russian gas but is likely to cause some discomfort.
- by Rob Harris
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Russia-Ukraine war
‘Punishing economic consequences’ for Putin: Biden considers Russian oil ban
The wave of sanctions for Russia has left world leaders scrambling for new sources of energy. Britain’s PM has warned oil and gas production may have to be increase in the short term.
- by Farrah Tomazin and Rob Harris
Blackrock says Russia-Ukraine war will ‘accelerate’ green energy transition
The world’s largest asset manager believes the escalating conflict in Europe will prompt leaders to look for energy security in new technologies.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Europe looks to fossil fuels as Russian invasion sends energy shockwaves
The Ukraine crisis has raised the prospect of a blockage in the massive supply of Russian gas into Europe, posing big questions for the clean energy revolution.
- by Mike Foley
Global energy crisis is the first of many in the clean-power era
The world is living through the first major energy crisis of the clean-power transition. It won’t be the last.
- by David R Baker, Stephen Stapczynski, Dan Murtaugh and Rachel Morison