Energy
Australian gas giant faces questions over Middle Eastern takeover bid delay
Australia’s second-largest gas producer has fronted questions about how long it is taking for an Abu Dhabi-led consortium to seal its $30 billion takeover bid.
- Nick Toscano
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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
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
Gas giants agree to rein in exports as supply crunch looms
Australian gas shippers face unprecedented rules to boost local supplies as more industry executives say they are willing to work with the government on a plan.
- Nick Toscano and James Hall
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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
- Analysis
- Russia-Ukraine war
Trump’s fury at India is based on fact: Putin prospers when you fill up the tank
India is making money from Russian oil, and propping up Putin’s war effort. Despite sanctions, some of that oil ends up in Australia.
- David Crowe
Australia’s biggest battery switches on at former NSW coal site
One of the world’s most powerful batteries has begun operating at a former coal-fired power station, delivering a boost to the energy grid at a critical time.
- Nick Toscano
- Opinion
- OPEC
Trump dealt a blow as the world is flooded with oil
The OPEC+ oil cartel is trying to take back control of the market with a strategy that might be self-destructive. It also undermines a key plank of Donald Trump’s economic strategy.
- Stephen Bartholomeusz
Ten Victorian towns to lose piped gas as operator says network is too expensive
Solstice Energy says it will switch off its gas pipelines in the affected towns by the end of next year.
- Kieran Rooney