An oil spill is taking place in the Montara oil field off the coast of WA, the same oil field that was the scene of Australia's largest offshore oil disaster in 2009. 

Energy news dominates the headlines today with a paper from the Energy Security Board recommending reviving the controversial “Coalkeeper” policy, including polluting coal and gas in the energy capacity market. A capacity market that includes coal and gas will lock in more expensive electricity for...

Federal energy minister Chris Bowen has blamed the energy crisis on slow renewables investment, pushing back on suggestions we need to keep coal generators operating. 

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has made an unprecedented intervention to suspend trading across the entire electricity spot market, laying bare the greediness of fossil fuel generators, the unreliability of dirty coal and gas, and the failure of a system that fossil fuel companies...

Western Australia will close its last coal-fired power station by 2029, committing $3.5 billion over 10 years to build renewable energy capacity and half a billion dollars to foster new jobs for displaced workers.

Millions of Australians on the east coast face the threat of blackouts as coal-fired power plant outages coupled with high demand for household heating put pressure on the electricity grid. 

Following crisis talks, Australia’s energy ministers have agreed on major reforms to back renewables and storage as part of a national transition plan to phase out fossil fuels, as well as funding projects to bolster the electricity grid through various weather conditions, and give regulators...

Energy Minister Chris Bowen will hold a crisis meeting with his state and territory counterparts today to discuss solutions to rising power prices as business, community, and housing groups call for an accelerated clean energy transition and a “speedier move” away from gas. 

Canberrans will see their electricity costs fall from 1 July as the state’s renewable energy contracts shield consumers from soaring wholesale electricity prices. 

As energy price shocks hit Australia, it’s plunged our newly elected government into “crisis talks”. While the nation wrings its hands about the price of gas, it’s worth reminding ourselves of some key facts: firstly, the only reason there is a “gas shortage” is because the gas industry ships most...