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The Liddell Power Station chimney stacks being demolished today.

Liddell power station chimneys come crashing down in controlled explosion

For more than half a century, the Liddell power station burned black coal to generate electricity to power New South Wales. On Tuesday, its two 168-metre tall concrete chimney stacks were demolished.

  • Nick Toscano

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Data centre locations in Sydney

Tech giants snub inquiry as court ruling ‘guts’ parliament’s power

The Coalition has accused Chris Minns of abandoning his “warrior of integrity” mantle as a wave of corporates and ministerial no-shows threatens to render parliamentary inquiries toothless.

  • Max Maddison and Michael McGowan
Solar and battery systems can slash energy bills for consumer

Backlash against scheme to raise grid costs for solar, battery owners

Energy giant AGL is raising alarm over a proposed overhaul of the way customers are billed for the upkeep of the electricity grid.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
South Australia’s renewables transformation is world-leading.

The SA miracle: How one Australian state leads the world on renewables

Hard work and “really good wind” have helped South Australia become a world leader on renewables. But the state is determined to go further.

  • Nick O'Malley and Bianca Hall
he federal government has selected sites for the first wind farms off the Gippsland coast. The projects could one day resemble this Danish wind farm.

SEC fires up first public power asset since ’90s, but wind plans hit as AGL scraps Gippsland project

AGL-backed Gippsland Skies consortium is the third joint venture to walk away from early-stage studies for an offshore wind farm in Victoria.

  • Kieran Rooney and Nick Toscano
Mike Cannon-Brookes led a campaign fast-track the closures of AGL’s polluting coal-fired power stations.

Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes reignites climate feud with Australia’s biggest emitter

Cannon-Brookes has renewed his push for power giant AGL to do more to combat climate change, rejecting its current plans as dangerously inadequate.

  • Nick Toscano
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The transport sector is Australia’s third-largest source of greenhouse gases, producing 17.5 per cent of emissions.

Turning your EV into a giant battery is a step closer

Automakers are exploring how batteries in electric cars can be used to top up Australia’s grid at critical times and earn bill credits for their owners.

  • Nick Toscano
Reddit soared on its Wall Street debut.

ASX declines as CBA and AGL shares slump; Miners, Tyro advance

The Australian sharemarket closed lower after the rally in the nation’s largest bank ran out of steam and the biggest power generator was tanking following underwhelming results.

  • Staff writers
AGL CEO Damien Nicks at the site of the Torrens battery, which is now fully operational.

Australia’s top polluter bets on batteries as fossil fuel costs climb

One of the nation’s biggest power companies is accelerating investments in giant batteries as it seeks to blunt higher costs from coal and gas plants.

  • Nick Toscano
Eastwood apartment owners Caroline and Graeme Edwards

Home batteries for renters? A solution could be coming soon

Electricity retailers say they could plug a gap in the clean energy shift and balance rewards for renters and home owners.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano