Covid outbreak forces Clean Energy Council to cancel Clean Energy Summit, which had been due to take place in Sydney in mid July.
Taylor wants CCS in Emissions Reduction Fund to help fossil fuel hydrogen
Taylor seeks new avenue to fund controversial technology a week after Senate blocked his attempt to expand ARENA’s remit to include CCS.
AEMO promises to refine solar switch-off, but says measure is needed
AEMO considers more sophisticated, transparent solutions to maintaining minimum demand than simply shutting off rooftop solar
Yallourn powers up again as EnergyAustralia gains permission to divert river
EPA grants EnergyAustralia emergency approvals to divert river in bid to prevent Yallourn coal mine from flooding.
Russia encroaches on Australia’s shrinking Asian thermal coal markets
Government warns Russia is building more coal export infrastructure, increasing supply to Asia as demand threatens to take a sharp downwards dive.
Frydenberg talks up gas and CCS, skates over climate in Intergenerational Report
Coalition’s 198 page Intergenerational Report dedicates 119 words to climate mitigation, and says almost nothing about the risks of global warming.
Adani strikes Carmichael coal, but does the world even want it?
Adani’s Carmichael project struck coal this week, 10 years behind schedule. It must now try to flog one of the dirtiest of fossil fuels to a world that has moved on.
Building new solar now cheaper than keeping existing coal plants open: BNEF
Plunging costs of solar could prompt coal plants in India, China and much of Europe to be shutdown early, delivering another blow to Australia’s huge thermal coal export industry.
US Republicans form new Conservative Climate Caucus – and talk up gas
New GOP group claims Republicans care deeply about the Earth, but insists fossil fuels can be a major part of the global solution to climate change. Sound familiar?
Yallourn stuck on quarter capacity as scramble continues to save coal mine
EnergyAustralia says it hopes to seal cracks in coal mine embankment this week, but the really big decision – where to divert the river – has not been taken.