AGL Loy Yang A outage and falling demand from China signal end of coal era

The failure and unreliability of coal power have been laid bare as AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, suffered an outage at its Loy Yang A coal-burning power station which could last through Victoria’s winter. 

Energy experts have predicted an imminent sharp decline in China’s demand for Australian coal as a result of Beijing’s plans for rapid decarbonisation and energy security. 

It comes as coal’s number one cheerleader Angus Taylor was caught peddling inaccurate figures about increasing power prices under Labor, as it is confirmed the data used was based on false assumptions. 

Victoria faces winter power curb as AGL Energy’s coal unit knocked out

Victoria faces the loss of coal power generation over the critical winter period after AGL revealed a fault at its Loy Yang A plant had knocked a unit out of service, sparking an earnings hit at a time of high electricity prices.

China to use more of its own coal, cutting Australian imports: analysis

China has expanded the capacity of rail lines between its domestic coal fields and its industrial heartland so quickly it will be able to cut imports by 25 per cent by 2025, dealing a serious blow to Australian exporters, analysis has found.

Fact check: Angus Taylor caught in dodgy climate scare campaign

Energy Minister Angus Taylor has been caught in a ham-fisted attempt to scare voters about Labor’s climate policies after it emerged that a story he placed in the media this week was based on false assumptions.

Australia starts retraining coal workers for the clean energy future

The sudden speed of the shift to clean power is forcing Australia to confront one of the energy industry’s biggest challenges - how to transition millions of fossil fuel workers to new roles in wind and solar.

Call for ‘carbon reduction targets’ on projects

The federal government should mandate emissions reduction targets on $300 billion worth of infrastructure projects in the pipeline, as well as tighten emissions standards on vehicles, according to a new report from Infrastructure Partnerships Australia.

Microplastics found in mussels along South Australian beaches, study reveals

Flinders University has measured the presence of microplastics along South Australia's coastline for the first time, finding them at every beach examined as well as in wild blue mussels.