14 . 06 . 2025
‘Bailing out bad decisions’: Queensland slams Victoria over gas supply
Victoria cannot rely on pulling more gas from Queensland to shore up an energy system pushed to the edge by a cascading set of breakdowns and concerns over the reliability of renewables, with the pipeline flowing south already at full capacity.
14 . 06 . 2025
SunCable: a $40bn rollercoaster ride with no financial end in sight
Mike Cannon-Brookes made his money in software with Atlassian, and has big renewable energy aspirations with the SunCable project. But easy funding is proving elusive.
12 . 06 . 2025
Gas review zeroes in on Australia’s reputation in the international energy market
A Commonwealth review of three major policies that regulate the east coast gas market will consider any impact to Australia’s reputation as an investment destination while leaving the door open to unspecified government “initiatives” to boost domestic supply.
12 . 06 . 2025
World Bank lifts ban on funding nuclear energy in boost to industry
The World Bank is lifting its decades-long ban on financing nuclear energy, in a policy shift aimed at accelerating development of the low-emissions technology to meet surging electricity demand in the developing world.
11 . 06 . 2025
UK Goes Nuclear as outage fears rise
Britain’s Labour government has agreed to take a £17.8bn ($36.9bn) stake in building a nuclear power plant as fears rise that the country’s rush to build wind and solar farms is leaving the grid vulnerable to outages.
09 . 06 . 2025
Wake-up call on green energy a hydrogen bombshell
The initial cost of producing green hydrogen from Australia’s two largest projects will be more than four times the price of rival energy sources, posing a fresh setback for Labor’s bid to deliver a major new export industry by 2030 and meet net-zero goals.
04 . 06 . 2025
Climate change spend surges to $9bn a year
Federal government spending on climate change and net-zero policies have reached $9bn a year, up from $600m just a decade earlier.
31 . 05 . 2025
Trump Is Canceling $3.7 Billion in Clean Energy Projects
The Energy Department is canceling some $3.7 billion in government support for clean energy projects it said did not warrant continued backing from the Trump administration.
30 . 05 . 2025
Capital expenditure crash: it’s a distress signal from companies, Jim Chalmers warned
Jim Chalmers’ hopes of a recovery in the business sector have been dealt a blow after private investment recorded its biggest annual contraction since 2020, in a shock to economists.
28 . 05 . 2025
“We have a duty:” Hockey joins Woodside call for more gas, as Queensland vows to extend coal
Australia must cut the “red and green tape” around gas projects and allow more exploratory drilling to secure the nation’s energy and exports, a conference has been told, despite an election result endorsing a move to renewable energy.
Hancock Energy is a Hancock Prospecting company.
