Australia doesn’t have an energy crisis – we have a political crisis, a media crisis, a competition crisis and a pricing crisis. It has been 12 months since South Australia’s state-wide “sys... Read more
Tony Abbott wasn’t kept from reducing the renewable energy target by his colleagues while he was leader, one of his former ministers has claimed, despite the former prime minister appearing... Read more
Malcolm Turnbull has rejected efforts to “dumb down” the energy debate into renewables versus coal, and says the government’s new investment framework will encourage “all of the above”. A da... Read more
A pumped hydro project that reuses an old goldmine in north Queensland is close to securing federal funding. The combined solar and pumped hydro generator is set to provide a quarter of the... Read more
The long-serving chief executive of the UK’s biggest power station is stepping down, as the North Yorkshire-based business continues its pursuit of a future beyond coal. Drax Group’s Dorothy... Read more
Tony Abbott is reportedly threatening to cross the floor to vote against a clean energy target, warning Malcolm Turnbull it would be “unconscionable” for the government to do anything to fur... Read more
For a 130-tonne mass of grease, bound as hard as concrete by thousands of tampons, wipes and used tissues, the Whitechapel fatberg is in surprisingly high demand. Last week, the Museum of Lo... Read more
Re David Lowry’s criticisms of nuclear energy (Letters, 17 September), it is true that nuclear plants stop generating temporarily for maintenance and repair, but the same is true for most ot... Read more
Coal kills people. This isn’t even slightly scientifically controversial.From the mines to the trains to the climate disruption; from black lung to asthma, heat stress to hunger, fires to fl... Read more
New nuclear power stations may not be the best option for keeping Britain’s lights on and meeting the country’s carbon targets, the Liberal Democrats have said. The party said there were leg... Read more
