Chevron boss Mike Wirth leads the fossil fuel fightback

The oil giant’s chief executive Mike Wirth warns against rushing away from fossil fuels, arguing the world faces serious consequences if it abandons existing energy systems too quickly.

Chevron delivers gas warning to Labor with Australian investment souring

The boss of one of the world’s top energy companies is worried about costs and policy settings in Australia. Future expansions and investment are now off the table.

Hydrogen too green for role

The State Government has put hydrogen projects on the back burner in favour of gas peaking generation to drive energy policy and investment.

Market realities hit hydrogen hopes

Recent decisions by some big names in resources seem to have confirmed that hydrogen is not yet a commercially viable energy source.

Horror show for hydrogen plays

The scrapping of four major hydrogen projects with links to WA late last month sent shockwaves through a flailing sector, but work is ongoing.

Country Profile: Australia

From a selection of 144 countries, KeyFacts Energy features Australia in the continuing series of 'at-a-glance' reports, with selected information taken from our popular 'Energy Country Review' database.

Western Australia faces looming gas supply shortfall

Western Australia’s domestic gas market faces potential supply shortfalls beginning around 2028, according to the newly released EnergyQuest report

Green projects fall victim to energy doubts

More renewable energy projects were pulled from the federal environmental approvals process in the first seven months of this year than in the two years before it, in the latest reality check for both the government and the re­newables industry ahead of Jim Chalmers’s economic reform roundtable.

What happened when I asked AI for the facts on net-zero

The truth is in there, in the AI world, but you need to dig beyond the politically correct mire that clearly infests its data mining.

Zero for 76: Broken environmental laws holding back renewables

Not one of the 76 renewables projects needing federal environmental assessment in NSW, Victoria or Queensland in 2023 or 2024 has received final approval, as “green tape” regulation continues to undermine Labor’s clean energy and productivity agenda.

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