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EnergyCommentsPremiumGina boldly buys Chris Ellison’s assets in threat to Twiggy

She didn’t blink on Thursday when she paid more than $1 billion for the oil and gas assets owned by fellow rich lister Chris Ellison — a transaction that brings us back to her rivalry with Forrest.

Ben Harvey

EnergyCommentsPremiumSurfs up for Woodside with new Nippers deal

The State’s biggest oil and gas company has renewed a deal to sponsor Surf Life Saving WA and the Nippers children’s program.

Matt Mckenzie

EnergyPremiumAusNet wants customers to pay for transition from gas

An energy provider has called on the regulator to approve a plan to make Victorian gas customers pay more to make up for those who have gone electric.

Adrian Black

Oil & GasCommentsPremiumRinehart strikes $1.13b deal for MinRes’ WA energy assets

Mineral Resources’ ailing balance sheet will get a huge boost after Gina Rinehart agreed to pay potentially more than $1 billion for its WA energy interests.

Adrian Rauso

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Liberals claim Collie backs nuclear power plan

The Liberals believe there is overwhelming support for nuclear power in Collie as leader Peter Dutton says the party would ‘condense the timelines’ for building new technology power stations around the country.

Katina Curtis

EnergyPremiumRoll out the solar: $6.8m facility to print solar cells

Thousands of flexible solar cells are expected to be printed by the ream in a $6.8 million facility established by Australia's leading science organisation.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

EnergyPremiumWhy packing waste could be the secret to a cool summer

Packing material and static electricity could take the edge off future electricity bills, according to Australian researchers.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

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WA’s clean energy boom ‘under threat’ if Pilbara strikes

WA’s nation-leading economy is under threat from Federal Labor, the State’s peak mining body has declared, calling on Premier Roger Cook to take up the fight with his Canberra colleagues. 

Jessica Page

EnergyMore trust in mining sector as clean energy needs grow

Once associated with coal and pollution, the mining industry has cleaned up its image as more Australians recognise its importance in the net-zero transition.

Kat Wong

EnergyPremiumFortescue energy chief apologises to staff

Andrew Forrest has leapt to the defence of Fortescue’s gay employees, forcing the company’s green energy boss — an evangelical Christian — to apologise.  

Adrian Rauso

MiningPremiumSantos rejects attack on 'speculative' net-zero roadmap

Santos says public statements it could reach net-zero emissions by 2040 were not misleading because its roadmap contained targets and not promises.

Miklos Bolza

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Strike Energy gets environmental tick for West Erregulla

The Federal Government has given ASX-listed Strike Energy permission to push forward with plans to extract gas from the Perth Basin.

Adrian Rauso

EnergyCommentsMeg O’Neill’s top tips for great leadership

Leaders need to ‘be the best version’ of themselves and take on new challenges, the boss of Australia’s biggest oil and gas business says.

Matt Mckenzie

Oil & GasPremiumLand Council hits out at fracking plans

Revelations the State Government has not finished work on recommendations from a 2018 inquiry into fracking have sparked alarm for opponents to a big project in the Kimberley.

Matt Mckenzie

politicsPremiumSetting up nuclear rules could take 10 years, regulator says

Experts say the Coalition’s nuclear power ambitions could be feasible on optimistic timeframes but Australia would likely face a gap in energy production between the end of coal and the start of nuclear. 

Jake Dietsch

Leadership MattersCommentsPremiumStokes’ plan to convert ‘nuclear NIMBYs’

Ryan Stokes says there’s no such thing as a ‘free lunch’ when it comes to renewable energy and he believes there is a way to convert the nuclear ‘NIMBYs’.

Adrian Rauso

EnergyPremiumNew life for old oil refinery gets major backing

A $1 billion-plus new energy project on the site of BP’s old Kwinana oil refinery has secured development approval.

Matt Mckenzie

EnergyPremiumEnergy complaints surge as cost of living bites

Sustained energy price increases have fuelled complaints to Victoria's energy and water ombudsman, as bills continue to hit household budgets hard.

Adrian Black

EnergyNo nukes till late 2030s: energy switch may take years

Establishing nuclear power plants in Australia may take more than a decade, an inquiry has heard, and dealing with radioactive waste might be longer.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

EnergyCommentsPremiumFMG pushes back on plans to make carbon a Canberra problem

The boss of Fortescue’s iron ore business has warned the State Government against trying to untangle green tape by making pollution solely a Federal issue.

Adrian Rauso

EnergyPremiumInquiry coming after outback failures leave 20k in dark

Communities in western NSW are again without power after problems with two generators including one resulting in the ruin of essential medication.

Luke Costin

BusinessMilestone for Australia's giant connection cord to Asia

Solar energy from a massive array on a former cattle station, sent through a subsea cable, could soon power Singapore after conditional approval was granted.

Marion Rae

EnergyCommentsPremiumBP’s $1b Kwinana refinery revamp heads toward approval

BP’s plans to build a green fuel hub on the site of the old Kwinana refinery have been backed by the local government ahead of a development assessment panel review this week.

Matt Mckenzie

EnergyCuba restoring power as hurricane set to cross coast

Electricity is being restored in Cuba after a grid collapse cut power to more than 10 million people as Hurricane Oscar heads toward the island country's coast.

Dave Sherwood