News
Asbestos scare hits wind energy sector
The safety of workers and the integrity of renewable energy projects across the state has been called into question last week, after a nationwide audit was launched following the discovery of asbestos in wind turbine components.
Pauline goes nuclear as One Nation unveils new energy policy
One Nation will push for the construction of a nuclear reactor in regional NSW, as Pauline Hanson courts Barnaby Joyce to join the party.
Forgive us our energy sins: drill down to the details
Recent articles by Simon Holmes a Court and Rod Sims fail to reveal the true costs of renewable power
Doubts raised on Treasury green export forecasts
A former Treasury official has raised doubts about the department’s modelling on net-zero targets which claim green exports would exceed fossil fuel exports within seven years, even under a disorderly transition to net zero.
Bigger lesson in bad water and botched hydro plan amid energy transition
The failure of Queensland Labor’s “world’s biggest pumped hydro” project is a case study in how the difficult realities of the energy transition are too easily ignored by politicians seeking electoral opportunity.
When it comes to renewables it’s facts versus Ferguson’s fiction
“Power bills are high but the rollout of renewables are not the cause.” Consider that sentence; a staggering understatement, followed by a brazenly false assertion.
AGL Energy abandons major offshore wind farm project in a blow to Victoria’s green transition
AGL Energy has walked away from its Victorian offshore wind ambitions, toppling a third project in the Gippsland region and throwing into disarray the Allan government’s plan to trade coal for the clean energy source.
Rita Panahi: When the state gives itself the right to intrude on your land without your permission, it’s breaching a fundamental right
Labor’s treatment of rural Victorians has been shameful. But the country is fighting back and one particular standoff shows how fed up farming communities are with the state government.
Forrest finds asbestos in turbines, crisis rattles Labor’s renewable rollout
Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest is the latest green energy player to be caught up in a widening systemic failure after asbestos was found contained within new imported turbine components at one of his wind farms.
If the road to net zero were open-heart surgery, it’s botched
‘‘If the energy transition is an open-heart surgery, as is sometimes said, then this operation has been a complete failure. We have to conclude: The patient is in danger of dying on the operating table.’’
A shocking truth: diesel is driving Labor’s renewables plan
We now know the Albanese government’s renewables power plan was based on incorrect data and is in trouble. So let’s look at who was responsible for keeping it a secret.
Net zero body under scrutiny
The NSW government agency created to give “independent” advice on lowering emissions has been accused of being stacked with climate activists and members with deep links to businesses in the green energy space, ahead of a grilling in state estimates.