Electricity
Disused coal plant could burn wood and call it renewable energy
Would restarting Redbank Power Station in the Hunter Valley as a biomass reactor be net zero or is this a “convenient untruth”?
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Record clean energy surge set to break Australia’s coal reliance
The threat of blackouts as more coal-fired power stations shut has been downgraded after a record year of investment in renewables and storage.
- Nick Toscano
- Exclusive
- Energy
Cost of state’s renewable energy transmission plan predicted to double
The estimated cost of Victoria’s transition from coal-fired power to renewable energy has doubled to $7.9 billion under a revised Allan government plan.
- Kieran Rooney and Adam Carey
Australia’s top polluter bets on batteries as fossil fuel costs climb
One of the nation’s biggest power companies is accelerating investments in giant batteries as it seeks to blunt higher costs from coal and gas plants.
- Nick Toscano
- Opinion
- AI
The multitrillion-dollar ‘bubble’ that could sink markets
Unimaginable sums of money are being sunk into AI by some of the world’s most valuable companies. Is this a re-run of the 1990s dot-com and tech bubbles?
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
$1 million man quits public service role
After five years in the job, the electricity chief will do a research stint at university before returning to the private sector.
- William Davis
Hundreds of Perth homes left without electricity for hours after horror crash
Two people are in intensive care tonight after their car lost control and flipped in Perth’s south-east, crashing into a power pole and causing an outage.
Power giant warns of ‘two-speed’ green shift which benefits only the rich
The household clean energy boom may create winners and losers, warns power distribution company Ausgrid.
- Nick Toscano
- Opinion
- Letters
The Liberals are down and opportunity is knocking
Readers react to the latest disastrous polling for Sussan Ley, and falling solar tariffs for householders.
