More summer blackouts 'likely' due to ongoing dust pollution from dry conditions
By Declan Durrant and George Yankovich
Some parts of the state were still without power this afternoon, as SA Power Networks says outages are likely to persist this summer because of long-term wear and tear.
#ElectricityProductionandDistribution #Utilities #RegionalCommunities #SmallBusinesses #Droughts #Infrastructure #DeclanDurrant #GeorgeYankovich
https://www.gulfchannels.com/394087/ العاصفة القطبية في الولايات المتحدة توفع 30 قتيلا على الأقل #Business #disaster #Disaster(general) #ElectricityProductionAndDistribution #EnergyAndResource #InternationalNews #MeteorologicalDisaster #NaturalDisasters #news #report #Ticker #transport #Weather #WeatherNews #windstorms #أخباردوليّة
With blackouts expected to intensify, could a smart grid be the answer?
By Lottie Twyford
Tens of thousands of homes across Queensland have lost power during storms this season – an uncomfortable, expensive experience, which could become more common.
#ElectricityProductionandDistribution #Storms #LottieTwyford
Households 'paid to pare back' demand when power grid strains
By Daniel Mercer
In a move labelled a sign of the times, energy firm AGL was last week offering customers money to cut use during a heatwave.
#EnergyIndustry #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #Utilities #Heatwaves #SolarEnergy #DanielMercer
From scourge to saviour: How the sun powered the grid through a heatwave
By Daniel Mercer
For so long, the pounding sunshine of an Australian heatwave was the grid's biggest threat. It has now become its greatest asset.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/solar-powers-australia-through-heatwave-conditions/106211394
#EnergyIndustry #Heatwaves #SolarEnergy #Coal #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #DanielMercer
Planned wind farm next to Ramsar-listed wetlands passes 'significant' hurdle
By Sam Bradbrook
The Kentbruck Green Energy Hub would include wind turbines up to 270m tall, and be built inside active pine plantations, but its location has worried conservationists.
#RenewableEnergy #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #WindEnergy #Environment #SamBradbrook
Remote NT town in power limbo amid rolling blackouts since New Years Eve
By Matt Garrick
The remote Northern Territory town of Jabiru has faced rolling blackouts since New Year's Eve, with no clear indication of when power will be properly restored.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-02/jabiru-power-rolling-blackouts-new-years-eve/106195350
Power company found guilty of environmental offence over 2022 fish kill
By Bridget Murphy
A court rules a maintenance failure caused hundreds of fish to die near Delta Electricity's Vales Point coal-fired power station in September 2022, a month after another kill triggered by natural causes.
#Courts #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #WaterPollution #BridgetMurphy
Electricity price blowout between city and country a 'dire situation'
By Nicola Ceccato
Regional ratepayers are shouldering higher energy bills than their city counterparts, and their councils have had enough.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-12/push-for-cheaper-energy-prices-in-regional-nsw/106121430
#CostofLiving #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #EnergyMarkets #EnergyIndustry #EnergyPolicy #RegionalCommunities #RuralandRemoteCommunities #NicolaCeccato
Market operator switches to big solar, batteries as wind farms are becalmed
By Daniel Mercer
Soaring costs and trenchant criticism from some put the brakes on wind and transmission as the sun shines on big solar and batteries.
#EnergyIndustry #SolarEnergy #Batteries #WindEnergy #Coal #OilandGas #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #Utilities #ClimateChange #DanielMercer
WA's largest privately-owned power producer accused of hiking prices
By Cason Ho
The cost of electricity is being driven up by some Western Australian power producers breaking the rules and charging more than they're allowed, the state's economic watchdog alleges.
#ElectricityProductionandDistribution #StateandTerritoryGovernment #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #CasonHo
AGL latest company to abandon Victorian offshore wind project
By Jarrod Whittaker and Danielle Pope
Energy giant AGL has become the third company this year to abandon plans to develop an offshore wind farm in Victoria's east.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-05/third-victorian-offshore-wind-project-abandoned/106108856
#WindEnergy #RenewableEnergy #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #JarrodWhittaker #DaniellePope
Energy independence? It would reduce the impact of global energy shocks
By Gareth Hutchens
If Australia produced 100 per cent of its energy from renewable sources, it would reduce the impact of global energy shocks on Australia's economy.
#OilandGas #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #Inflation #ClimateChange #MonetaryPolicy #GarethHutchens
Record drop for Australia's emissions. What's working and what isn't?
By Jo Lauder
Australia's emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19 shutdowns, but there's still a lot of work to do.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-29/record-drop-in-australias-emissions/106074296
#EnergyPolicy #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy #HydroEnergy #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #EmissionsTrading #FederalGovernment #JoLauder
It’s a great story’: Accessible, cheap clean energy could spark a new world order
By Jo Lauder
Unshackled from legacy fossil fuel interests, the world’s clean energy future is being forged in the bustling cities of the global south.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-22/the-global-south-drives-the-energy-transition/106022814
#UNClimateChangeConferences #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy #EnergyPolicy #SolarEnergy #WindEnergy #HydroEnergy #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #JoLauder
Australia may just be one step ahead in the global race to rewire the world
By Daniel Mercer, Jess Davis, and Alex Lim
Countries across the globe are racing to rewire their electricity systems for a decarbonised future. In Australia, delays are mounting, along with doubts about whether it can meet goals on schedule.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/transmission-line-projects-faces-massive-challenges/106029214
#EnergyMarkets #EnergyPolicy #RenewableEnergy #WindEnergy #EnergyIndustry #SolarEnergy #NuclearEnergy #HydroEnergy #ClimateChange #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #ElectricVehicles #Utilities #OilandGas #GreenhouseGases #Batteries #EnvironmentalTechnology #DanielMercer #JessDavis # #AlexLim
Farmers defy compulsory access powers to block VicGrid staff
By Angus Verley
Farmers thwart VicGrid in its first attempt to use compulsory access powers to enter their properties.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2025-11-18/vni-west-access-denied-by-farmers/106020096
#ElectricityProductionandDistribution #GovernmentandPolitics #Agriculture #AngusVerley
Health concerns over waste incinerator planned for Sunbury
By Natasha Schapova
Sunbury residents say they are tired of being the state's "dumping ground" after waste-to-energy facility proposed nearby a receives a cap license from Recycling Victoria.
#RecyclingandWasteManagement #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #GovernmentandPolitics #NatashaSchapova
Every WA energy retailer has overcharged customers, inquiry finds
By Cason Ho
Every energy retailer in Western Australia has overcharged customers by taking automatic payments from closed accounts, an investigation by the state's economic regulator reveals.
#Utilities #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #StateandTerritoryGovernment #CasonHo
Bell Bay Aluminium to get one-year reprieve with new Hydro Tas deal
Bell Bay Aluminium and Hydro Tasmania reach an in-principle power agreement, after the smelter last month told staff the company's future in northern Tasmania was at "significant risk".
#Industry #Manufacturing #ElectricityProductionandDistribution #MiningandMetalsIndustry #StateandTerritoryGovernment #RegionalDevelopmentandPlanning
