With three coal units unexpectedly down in the middle of a heatwave, it’s an interesting time for the Queensland government to halt assessments of new wind farms.
Solar power output in the EU has more than tripled over the past decade and in 2024 combined with wind to push fossil fuel generation to its lowest level in 40 years.
The world’s biggest wind, solar and green ammonia project joins queue seeking federal environmental approval to install up to 60 million PV panels and 3,000 turbines.
A temporary energy market rule change will allow two mothballed diesel generators to be used as emergency back-up power sources in the remaining summer months.
In a decision Woodside says is “not particularly” related to America’s new fossil fuel focus, the Australian oil and gas major has marched back its US “new energy” ...