Growing poles and wires pains: billions in blowouts as engagement woes linger

Transmission is proving a problem for Labor, industry and locals.

From $650m to $5.5b: Massive blowout for renewables zone

The cost of building NSW’s first renewable energy zone has risen to more than $5.5 billion in a further increase after last year’s jump, underscoring the hit to consumers from the transition to low-carbon power.

Australia’s green energy plan: The real price tag exposed

Australians will be paying the price of our governments’ great leap forward in transmission line rollouts and renewables for generations to come, writes Peter Hunt.

It’s not easy going green for Fortescue, despite the funding

Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue secured hundreds of millions of dollars in government commitments, incentives and subsidies for clean-energy projects, including ventures since abandoned, underscoring the challenge facing the Albanese government in its efforts to fast-track the renewable energy transition.

The $147 Billion Green Hydrogen Bubble That BP Helped Burst

Australia’s long-held ambitions to tap its abundant renewable resources and vast uninhabited landmass to become a global green hydrogen leader are fast unraveling.

Energy report long on ‘values’, short on dollar figures

The Productivity Commission has given the government plenty of flexibility for developing its energy policies and emissions reductions targets over the next decade.

The Future of Green Hydrogen Is Out of Reach

August 1, 2025  The Future of Green Hydrogen Is Out of Reach A number of hurdles prevent widespread adoption of this potentially game-changing technology.By: Ronan Wordsworth A recent Reuters investigation shed some […]

Green Energy vs Natural Gas

Cartoon by Gary Varvel

Why is CSIRO hiding the inconvenient truth about renewables cost blowout?

If coal is cheaper, why does the CSIRO proclaim “renewables remain the lowest-cost new-build electricity generation technology”?

Hancock Energy is a Hancock Prospecting company.

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