News Archives - Page 13 of 25

12 . 12 . 2024

Chris Bowen’s reliance on coal slammed by Coalition as ‘dishonest’

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has backed new powers allowing states to mandate the extension of retiring coal-and-gas-fired power plants, sparking Coalition criticism that Labor is being “dishonest” about longer-term reliance on thermal generation under its energy transition plan.

11 . 12 . 2024

Let’s drop the ‘energy superpower’ nonsense. We’re not even close

Energy Minister Chris Bowen is keen on the notion of Australia being a renewable energy superpower.

11 . 12 . 2024

Andrew Forrest-backed wind farm gets taxpayer revenue guarantee

Andrew and Nicola Forrest’s Squadron Energy and oil giant BP’s renewables arm Lightsource are among 11 companies to get federal government revenue guarantees in the first major auction of the Capacity Investment Scheme.

09 . 12 . 2024

What is a battery?

Tesla said it best when they called it an Energy Storage System. That’s important.

09 . 12 . 2024

Insane. Unachievable. Can’t be done.

Our energy costs will go up. We'll be poorer. Net Zero will be a catastrophe. Let's stop making people poorer.

04 . 12 . 2024

Green hydrogen hype fades as high costs force project retreat

Climate-friendly hydrogen was one of the most-hyped sectors in green energy. Now the reality of its high cost is taking its toll.

03 . 12 . 2024

Record number of Australians struggling to pay electricity bills

A record number of people are struggling to pay their energy bills, the Australian Energy Regulator has said in a report that highlights the toll of Australia’s cost of living crisis that is sapping support for the federal Labor government.

02 . 12 . 2024

National Mining and Related Industries Day 2024

On the 22nd November, people travelled from all over Australia, to come together in outback Australia to celebrate National Mining and Related Industries Day. The gala event was held at Santos’s Moomba gas field in South Australia.

02 . 12 . 2024

Green lawfare on ALP’s watch amounts to economic sabotage

Imagine a foreign organisation was secretly funding a sophisticated campaign to damage Australia’s economy, divert billions of dollars of investment away from our country, destroy tens of thousands of our blue-collar jobs and bring Australia’s leading position in economic exports to an end.

02 . 12 . 2024

South Australia in urgent bid to restart diesel power plants

The South Australian government is urgently seeking to have two mothballed diesel-powered electricity plants restarted amid escalating concerns that a new heavy-duty power cable will be finished even later than NSW’s Transgrid has admitted.