Renewable Energy
Farmers near Tarago in southern New South Wales fear a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator could threaten their health and livelihoods.
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Prime minister hails WA role in critical minerals deal with US
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the future West Australian gallium processing plant site, central to the United States critical minerals deal, heralding it as a "game changing" project.
SunCable signs multi-million-dollar agreement with traditional owners
Renewable energy company SunCable signs a 70-year agreement with traditional owners and the Northern Land Council to build Australia's largest solar farm in the NT outback.
Renewable energy generators need to cut out when sun blazes and wind blows
When there is an oversupply of solar and wind power, energy producers are paying more to deliver electricity to households than they get paid. Here's what we know about how it affects you.
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Who should we blame for power price hikes?
A decade and a half after an energy company CEO outlined his greatest fears for Australia's economic future — no carbon price — the nation again appears set for a renewed battle over climate policy and power generation.
Liberals aren't alone as net zero sceptics — but the data doesn't lie
The strange macho appeal of fossilised vegetation means that 30 years of annual United Nations meetings to stop the planet heating any more have been a bust.
At Twiggy Forrest's wind farm, 'growing pains' of the renewable transition are laid bare
At a wind farm in central Queensland, the billionaire backer and the local boilermaker offer a glimpse into how the energy transition is reshaping regional communities.
Questions raised over plan for coal and gas to bring down power bills
Energy experts have cast doubt over the Liberal Party's central claim that it can bring down power prices by backing coal and gas, while questioning how the party plans to actually reduce emissions.
Outback Queensland renewable energy precinct plans ditched
Barcaldine Shire Council says it is working with affected businesses to keep them in town after ZEN Energy pulled out of plans for a renewable energy industrial precinct.
NSW opposition leader warns climate divisions could cost votes
On Monday night, the NSW Nationals held a partyroom meeting to discuss their position on net zero following a report into Australia's energy future.
SA city's bulk-buy renewables program drives surge in battery and solar uptake
There has been a flurry of installations in home batteries and rooftop solar in Mount Gambier following the launch of a community bulk-buy renewables program.
Mining towns, tourists left without EV chargers on key inland routes
The Queensland government says schemes to help grow its electric charger network have been "fully contracted" with "no additional funding committed", leaving it to towns, roadhouses and accommodation providers to fill the gap.
Powerline payouts like a lotto win for some farmers, but others won't budge
The fate of the contentious Marinus Link project lies in the hands of hundreds of Tasmanian landowners, some of whom are welcoming the financial compensation. For others, it's a different story.
Australia's biggest electric truck depot planned for busy freight route
Australia's road freight is set to become the nation's largest source of emissions by 2030, but a NSW trial aims to show electric heavy trucks can cut carbon.
'It's gotten out of hand': Wind farmers fear threat to turn to violence
There are grave concerns that dangerous language and bullying of farmers who are hosting renewable energy projects on their properties could turn into violence.
Google, Microsoft to reopen old nuclear plants to power AI infrastructure
Google has announced a nuclear facility shuttered in 2020 will return to service in 2029 to help power its "growing cloud and AI infrastructure in Iowa", a year after Microsoft signed on to reopen Three Mile Island.
Tough lesson for Libs in proverb about dogs and vomit, fools and folly
The Liberals have faced an existential crisis over climate and energy twice in recent memory. The damage must live in the memory of today's parliamentarians, who face the prospect of another episode.
Residents rally to make tree in transmission project's path untouchable
Residents are getting creative in their fight to save a "magnificent" 130-year-old Algerian oak tree from being felled for a controversial transmission line project in western Victoria.
Once the butt of jokes, now a great hope: The race for fusion energy
The two great technology revolutions of the modern era — artificial intelligence and renewable energy — are colliding.
'Extension cord to nowhere' looms large as Australia’s energy transition evolves
Touted as a model for the energy transition, a "quick and easy" high-voltage powerline project linking South Australia directly to New South Wales is running dramatically over time and over budget.
Greens leader 'doesn't know very much' about wind farm opposed by colleagues
Larissa Waters says she will be looking closely at the Robbins Island wind farm, which the Greens's two Tasmanian senators say will threaten several endangered species.