Electricity
Push to deliver solar to 2.5m apartment dwellers gains traction
Houses are still 10 times more likely to have rooftop solar panels than apartments, but the financial case for solar on strata buildings is better than ever.
- Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Australia needs more renewables. This 900-kilometre cable will help
A new high-voltage “superhighway” with a $4.1 billion price tag will soon make it easier to add wind and solar farms to the network.
- Nick Toscano
Snowy Hydro pumps up the case of 2.0 before more delays, cost blowouts
The mega-project, one of the world’s biggest pumped hydro schemes, will provide cheaper energy and prevent blackouts when coal exits, Snowy says.
- Mike Foley
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- Emissions
Climate wars are heating up again as emissions and power bills fall
The Coalition and One Nation are trying to outflank each other against renewables as Labor heralds results in power bills and climate action as “proof” its green agenda is delivering.
- Mike Foley
These residents can’t choose their power company. Even after reforms, they’re still stuck
New price caps will force energy retailers to slash electricity and gas bills for Victorians locked into embedded networks.
- Patrick Hatch
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- Companies
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
Power bills set to fall despite Iran uncertainty
After years of price rises, power bills are set to fall for millions of households. This is why.
- Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
‘Potentially catastrophic’: Leaked videos reveal severity of Snowy project’s blunders
An out-of-control excavator and a dump truck hanging off a cliff reveal safety risks plaguing the mega-project, which faces further cost blowouts and years of delays.
- Matt O'Sullivan and Mike Foley
Investors desert Australia’s renewable rollout at ‘critical juncture’
Investment in the clean energy transition tanked over the past year, collapsing by 50 per cent.
- Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Lower electricity bills on the way for half a million households
Victoria’s Essential Services Commission says lower network costs in the next financial year will mean savings for households and small businesses.
- Ashleigh McMillan