The Federal Government’s budgetary measures related to energy have been met with lukewarm reactions from experts in the field. While most agree that the government has signalled its intent to …
Budget energy measures get lukewarm reactions
Musk launches solar roof tiles
Elon Musk certainly thinks outside the box. The best car salesman in the world has come up with a new idea that could revolutionize the way we generate power at …
Budget 2017 – Government wants to buy Snowy Hydro
The big energy news in the 2017 Budget is that the Federal Government has offered to buyout NSW and Victorian stakes in Snowy Hydro, which would cost $5.25 billion on …
Electricity Rates Update – April 2017
Since our last wholesale rate update on March 28, electricity rates in NSW dropped slightly while QLD registered no change. Rates in South Australia and Victoria rose slightly. The drops …
Uncertainty as AGL threatens to shut down Loy Yang A in Victoria
Victoria’s state government has stepped in to prevent AGL Energy from shutting down its Loy Yang A coal-fired power station and mine as a result of a two-year-long trade union …
Solar feed-in tariffs set to double in New South Wales
350,000 solar powered households in New South Wales could soon be paid twice as much for energy they sell back into the grid. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal on …
Hanson wants shared offshore drilling production
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has entered the great energy and resource debate, calling for immediate government intervention in the offshore drilling gas industry. She warned that Australia will end …
Gas export restrictions to come into effect – PM
The Federal Government announced in April that it will block gas exports if Australian market demand is not met, but Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull warned that it was a quick fix …
Hydro energy production in Tasmania set to double
Plans are in motion to double Tasmania’s hydro energy power, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull saying that it can become Australia’s ‘battery’. The Prime Minister said that new feasibility studies …
Gas exporters to face watchdog probe
The Prime Minister has put gas exporters under the scrutiny of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission for three years after all of them failed to commit to affordable gas …
