Energy storage
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
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Energy
Victoria has ‘adequate’ power supply but clouds loom over gas reserves
The Andrews government has insisted the state has sufficient energy supply, but it has been warned that Victoria faces a potential gas shortage as early as next winter.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
Renewables
Make no mistake, energy transition will be difficult and costly
While the transition to cleaner energy is inevitable, it will be a lot harder than politicians, activists, service sector chief executives and billionaire energy hobbyists would have you believe.
- by Chris Uhlmann
Analysis
Electricity
AGL rethink highlights Victoria’s future coal challenge
If Victoria has any hope of maintaining its momentum towards lower emissions, it’ll need greater climate and energy policy planning.
- by Josh Gordon
Soaring prices for raw materials threaten acceleration of electric car sales
The International Energy Agency says that Putin’s war in Ukraine has forced up prices for critical materials. But it’s a big opportunity for Australian mining.
- by Rob Harris
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Greg Combet
‘Hard to turn off tap’: IFM Investors chair warns against gas subsidies
The former Labor minister turned infrastructure investor and super fund advocate Greg Combet says subsidies for the gas industry will stifle innovation and hurt competition.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Why the Daintree’s going to be ‘the only rainforest that’s growing, not shrinking’
Humans are now destroying a football field’s worth of rainforest every 1.2 seconds, according to WWF. Some groups are trying to hold this trend at bay.
- by Konrad Marshall
‘Energy crossroads’: Gas proposal sparks protests as experts warn of shortfall
The plan for a large gas-import facility on Corio Bay has met some opposition in Geelong, despite Victoria’s appetite for gas and the regulator’s prediction that supplies will be squeezed next year.
- by Miki Perkins
Gas losing favour in electricity market as renewables power on
Renewables provided five times more power than gas in 2021 in the country’s largest grid, while gas generation reached its lowest level in more than 15 years.
- by Miki Perkins
Opinion
Renewables
New year, new opportunities for Victoria’s climate transition
In Victoria, transitioning from our reliance on brown coal to renewables would amount to an energy revolution. But it would not be the state’s first.
- by Stephen Minas
South Australia breaks record by running for a week on renewable energy
Analysts believe South Australia’s more than six-day run on green energy may be a global first for a power grid supporting an advanced economy.
- by Nick O'Malley