This Month
Solar boom unleashes surge of below-zero power prices
Wholesale electricity prices are going negative more often, underscoring the financial pressures on ageing coal-fired power plants.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
NSW pumps $128m into community benefits for first green energy zone
Funds will flow early to projects in communities impacted by new transmission and renewable energy projects, in a bid to improve local support.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Santos courts controversy on Barossa gas
The gas producer drew criticism from an activist shareholder group by refusing to concede its $5.8 billion project is running late.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Woodside calls for ‘urgent’ reforms amid threat to Scarborough gas
The warning by chief executive Meg O’Neill came as Woodside delayed its flagship clean energy project, a US hydrogen venture in America.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
WA LNG strike averted through 11th-hour deal
The resolution to the Chevron dispute brings to an end industrial action that has plagued WA LNG plants for over two months and sparked gas price spikes in Europe.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and David Marin-Guzman
‘The capital is there.’ So what’s stalling the energy transition?
Problems around new transmission means Australia may fall short of its 2030 targets, but political will, capital and renewable resources remain strong drivers for the transition.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
ACCC argument to back Origin takeover is flimsy, say analysts
The regulator says although the deal is likely to reduce competition, that is outweighed by the greater benefit to the public from an accelerated energy transition.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
AEMO, CEOs in call-to-arms on clean energy build-out
The nation’s energy market operator will urge developers to exploit all available government schemes to get projects into construction, and get community backing.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Mark Ludlow
Australia’s window of opportunity narrowing for hydrogen dominance
There’s no shortage of hydrogen hype, but how realistic are expectations that Australia can become a green hydrogen superpower?
- Ronald Mizen
Renewed strike threat rises at Chevron LNG
Unions advised they would file a new notice of protected industrial action on Monday amid claims the company has reneged on parts of a deal for workers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Energy regulator warns of growing Snowy Hydro market power
The Australian Energy Regulator singled out Snowy Hydro’s growing share of the market for flexible power and underscored the importance of “open and competitive” markets.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Coal power hits record low amid summery spell
The fresh low for electricity from coal came as demand for grid power also hit a new low, compounding the pressures from renewables on traditional generators.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
September
$2 a litre here to stay as petrol pump records tumble
Record petrol prices are likely to rise even further and motorists should get used to paying more than $2 a litre as global oil prices continue to climb.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Allan ‘should scrap rail loop, charge cars to enter Melbourne’
The new Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan should scrap the suburban rail loop, delay any transport spending it can and charge cars to enter the CBD, experts say.
- Ben Potter
East coast gas supply rising but ACCC cautions over thin surplus
The competition watchdog says the east coast should narrowly avoid a gas supply deficit in the March quarter of 2024.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Surging oil market brings $US100 crude back in sight
Premiums for physical barrels are surging, with supplies from the Middle East, Azerbaijan and even Russia commanding premiums as refiners clamber to make diesel.
- Alex Longley and Sharon Cho
HumeLink transmission project shapes up as a test of governments’ will
Cameron O’Rielly, the lead author of a review of energy reliability and supply in NSW, says such difficult projects are a requirement of the transition to renewables.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Energy security
SA business ramps up nuclear plea amid spiralling power surcharges
Soaring costs for industry to keep the lights on in the state’s renewables-reliant grid have spurred a fresh appeal for nuclear power to be considered.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- NSW budget
Time for NSW premier to act has arrived
Tuesday’s budget represents an opportunity for the state’s first Labor government in a decade to define itself as more than a reaction to the Coalition.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Chevron faces struggle to maintain LNG exports
The US giant is still working to restore full production at Wheatstone LNG after a technical fault, hampered by disruptive industrial action at its plants.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
