Hydrogen
Paying clean hydrogen’s way in WA will be harder than the hype
A cautionary tale for Australian companies rushing into the clean fuel business: from optimism a few years ago, Yara now finds green hydrogen is a long way away.
- by Peter Milne
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Resources tax breaks opens rift between WA and federal Liberals
Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor lashed $14 billion worth of incentives for green hydrogen and critical minerals companies, claiming it amounted to “handing out billions to billionaires”.
- by Hamish Hastie
Made in Australia: The $22.7 billion punt to rival China’s dominance
The government is betting big on green technologies and industry to grow local manufacturing.
- by Mike Foley
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Coal
End to a secret deal that locked in coal exports and Sydney truck traffic
The Port of Newcastle has paid $13 million so that it is no longer prohibited from competing with Port Botany and can diversify away from coal.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Woodside and Pilbara fertiliser plant look at storing emissions underground
Woodside and Norway’s Yara are targeting injecting more than one million tonnes of carbon emissions a year under the seabed off the Pilbara coast.
- by Peter Milne
Energy giant sees hydrogen outshining nuclear in race to replace coal
The CEO of a major Australian power utility says clean hydrogen could replace gas in power plants within a decade, eliminating the need to go nuclear.
- by Nick Toscano
Wheatbelt renewable energy projects fail to clear planning hurdles
A wind farm backed by Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and a hydrogen start-up chaired by ex-Woodside boss Peter Coleman have both failed to get planning approvals.
- by Peter Milne
Hyzon bets on hydrogen in race to clean up trucking emissions
A US-based vehicle maker is set to release a new hydrogen-powered heavy-duty commercial truck designed and assembled in Melbourne.
- by Nick Toscano
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Macquarie Group
Macquarie exits BP’s $55 billion WA green energy project
Australia’s biggest renewable energy project in WA’s Pilbara region has lost the backing of “the millionaires factory” Macquarie Group.
- by Peter Milne
Fortescue ups dividend, profits jump despite lower iron ore shipments
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue has reported a boost in earnings and profits despite shipments and production of iron ore from its key Pilbara operations falling.
- by Simon Johanson
For these east coast travellers, an unlikely suburb of Perth is a must-see
It’s not somewhere you would think to place on day one of a travel itinerary. But for this Australian think-tank, it’s the star attraction of the wild west.
- by Emma Young