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Soil carbon capture surges as AI drives down costs
Artificial intelligence can reduce barriers to implementing soil carbon projects as ag tech creates new opportunities.
- Agnes King
- Explainer
- Energy transition
How much water does nuclear really need?
The Coalition’s plan for atomic energy has raised concerns about the amount of water that reactors will use in a hotter and drier Australia.
- Christopher Niesche
How to win over communities to renewables
The UK is considering incentives, such as cheaper power prices, to encourage communities to back renewables. Could it work here?
- Mark Ludlow
Warning on the growing solar panel scrap heap
The industry is nearing a tipping point as the nation grapples with unprecedented levels of waste.
- Nina Hendy
How this battery system can help the energy transition
The electricity grid is long on solar power and short on storage. This first of a kind battery service could be the solution.
- Sian Powell
This Month
This man’s $168k annual saving gives hope for net zero
Household rooftop solar has taken off, but small and medium firms have barely started. The huge reduction in the cost of solar panels and batteries may change that.
- Ben Potter
Homeowners rush to buy batteries to avoid ‘sun tax’
Electricity companies are starting to charge homeowners for excess solar energy. Some owners are taking their power back.
- Nina Hendy
Seven ways to retrofit your home and slash energy bills
This homeowner cut her electricity bills to zero by upgrading a 1970s house to modern energy-efficient standards.
- Richard Pullin
Out of thin air: Solving the energy storage dilemma
Two first-of-a-kind technologies in Australia are firming up as options to crack the tough nut of energy storage that lasts much longer than batteries.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Activists seek to stir investor revolt at Woodside
Market Forces is urging shareholders to demand a board revamp at the oil and gas producer, citing a huge increase in emissions from its US LNG export plans.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
August
Power market ‘beginning to fail’, energy users say
Manufacturers say forecasts for slower EV uptake are a short-term reprieve and that the regular use of voluntary usage cutbacks shows the market isn’t working.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
South32 warns WA carbon emissions limits ‘way above’ reasonable
South32 has warned that the carbon emissions limits proposed by the WA government would far exceed those demanded by the federal government.
- Peter Ker
Pressure on power grid eases as EV uptake falters
The Australian Energy Market Operator also cited softer economic growth and the bigger size of rooftop solar systems for the cut in forecast demand from the grid.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Ben Potter
APA Group says customers to pay if pipeline regulated
The gas operator’s chief executive Adam Watson says a decision to subject a key Queensland pipeline to full price regulation will hit customers with higher bills.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Energy transition
How to keep Future Made in Australia out of the pork barrel
Industry policies rightly have a bad name. The government needs to tighten the wording of its FMIA bill if it wants to prevent abuse.
- Alison Reeve and Tony Wood
Snowy Hydro’s Kurri Kurri generator to run on diesel for months
The new 660-megawatt power station will begin operating in December but only switch to gas early next year, with green hydrogen now a long-term option.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Updated
- Earnings season
Woodside investor relief as payouts to remain ‘strong’
Analysts are expected to lift Woodside’s forecast yield after it clung to an 80 per cent payout ratio for shareholder returns.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Electricity
Garnaut-backed Zen Energy sinks to $35m loss as volatile prices bite
Zen Energy, backed by Ross Garnaut, suffered volatile early-winter electricity prices and a near-$100 million loss on hedging contracts.
- Ben Potter
Collapsed Queensland batteries maker draws early buyer interest
The descent of Redflow into administration follows similar collapses earlier this year of Tritium and Redback Technologies, which have both since been sold.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Viva CEO Scott Wyatt rolling out EV chargers at his own pace
Mr Wyatt said Viva’s charger rollout matches the faltering uptake of electric vehicles, which works in the petrol station group’s favour.
- Ben Potter
Power squeeze worries linger despite Eraring extension
Delays in renewable energy zones and rising electricity demand from data centres mean concerns about power supply reliability haven’t gone away.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Snowy Hydro adds fourth tunnel borer in bid to keep project on track
Snowy’s decision to spend $75 million on an extra tunnel boring machine signals it is prioritising start-up timing over cost pressures at the project.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Sun Cable targeting green customers as approval secured
Several letters of intent have been signed with aspiring industrial-scale green energy buyers in Darwin, Sun Cable Australia MD Cameron Garnsworthy said.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Emerging Leaders
- Higher Education Awards
The three words that unite these emerging leaders
Finalists in the emerging leadership category of the Higher Education Awards are focused on research that has “real-world impact”.
- Euan Black
- Exclusive
- Activist shareholders
APA Group faces activist action over Beetaloo pipeline
A shareholder resolution lodged by Market Forces driven by climate concerns comes as APA’s board is facing the risk of a “second strike” at its October AGM.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
