Renewables
Opinion
Opinion
Why Australian billionaires’ dreams of green energy exports will never work
Billionaires are not known for doing things by half. The temptation to go big or go home applies in Australia as much as anywhere else.
- by David Fickling
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Cannon-Brookes snaps up $35b Sun Cable mega-project from collapse
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has prevailed over mining tycoon Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest in a months-long contest to acquire the collapsed Sun Cable mega-project.
- by Nick Toscano
Mission critical: Can Australia win from the clean energy arms race?
America is supercharging its clean energy economy, setting the scene for a global race to control critical minerals, rare earths and other new energy resources that has vaulted Australia’s mining sector onto the world stage.
- by Simon Johanson
Cannon-Brookes looms as leading bidder in $35b Sun Cable stoush
Mike Cannon-Brookes has emerged as the front-runner in a fight for ownership of the $35 billion Sun Cable mega-project against a rival bid from Andrew Forrest.
- by Nick Toscano
NSW government renewable energy projects delayed and more expensive
Energy Minister Penny Sharpe will unveil a new plan on Thursday that sets out the energy transition plans from coal-fired power to renewable energy.
- by Laura Chung
Australia can still meet climate targets if it ‘spends billions more’
More aggressive spending on renewables, carbon capture and hydrogen is needed to keep Australia’s net-zero emissions target alive, new modelling says.
- by Nick Toscano
Opinion
Climate policy
Climate change will hurt. Fortunately for us, we can still be the lucky country
Dealing with climate change has some upsides for Australia’s economy – but they won’t come cheap.
- by Ross Gittins
Construction on WA’s first big battery completed – and even bigger one on way
Western Australia’s first large-scale battery storage system is ready to charge and discharge energy into the grid.
- by Alex Condon
Australia joins global race for green investment, but gas is still key
While Australia made a $2 billion “down payment” on a strategy to ensure a slice of booming green energy markets, Chris Bowen reiterated the need for gas in the transition.
- by Mike Foley
Your top budget questions answered: Our experts explain the details
From energy prices to housing affordability, here’s what you wanted to know about the federal budget.
- by Ross Gittins and Rachel Clun
WA to supercharge power grid to meet green metal demand
Vast wind and solar farms connected to an expanded south-west power grid could usher in a WA mining economy based on the green electron after 40 years of gas-powered growth.
- by Peter Milne