Energy
Some heaters are like trying to ‘heat your home with a hair dryer’. Do this instead
While many households will need more serious heating options in winter, good home design and the principle of heating the person, not the room, can go a long way.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Gas made from cow manure could be new front in energy fight
Advocates want to increase our production of biomethane to shore up supply, but environment groups say it’s not needed except for industrial uses.
- by Kieran Rooney
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Nuclear energy
Dutton to ditch Paris Agreement: analysis reveals nuclear impact on emissions
Peter Dutton’s energy policy will blow Australia’s greenhouse gas budget and reignite Australia’s climate wars.
- by Mike Foley
Household battery sales ‘grind to a halt’ as consumers await savings
The NSW government will offer an incentive of up to $2400 to buy a household battery from November 1. The solar industry welcomes it, but wants it brought forward.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
People power: Why your suburb might soon have a battery like this one
A new fleet of mid-size batteries could ease the strain on solar-heavy grids and share the benefits of cheap solar energy more widely, Ausgrid says.
- by Nick Toscano
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Nuclear energy
‘Every day between now and the election’: Albanese ignites nuclear fight with Dutton
Anthony Albanese is spoiling for a fight on Peter Dutton’s nuclear power at the next election. It’s a fight he has won once before.
- by James Massola
Japan locks in 10 years of Santos gas amid energy security push
Santos has struck a 10-year deal to sell LNG to Japan, underscoring what the industry argues is the country’s long-term appetite for gas even as it decarbonises.
- by Nick Toscano
Analysis
Analysis
This week in Australia energy and climate collided; it’s a global story
This week in Australia energy and climate collided; it’s a global story
- by Nick O'Malley
Can you really turn your house into a power plant?
Virtual power plant programs, and the growing number of retail offers being built around them, are coming at a critical moment in the energy transition.
- by Nick Toscano
Gas shortfalls could force businesses offshore
Business leaders are threatening the government that gas insecurity might force them to quit Victoria.
- by Kieran Rooney, Broede Carmody and Annika Smethurst
Origin boss backs Eraring to stop blackouts as states go nuclear on Dutton plan
As news of the deal to prolong the life of the Eraring power station broke, state governments lined up to oppose nuclear energy.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley