Home » Energy » Page 27

Category - Energy

Tenders called for Lockhart River solar project

Clean energy is set to revolutionise power access in Lockhart River after Energy Queensland opened a competitive tender process to build a rooftop solar farm in the remote indigenous community. The...

Luminultra : Upstream oil & gas

Palaszczuk Govt brings more water funds to table

The Palaszczuk Government is ready to put up to $4 million on the table to continue Australia’s major water-saving scheme, the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative. Natural Resources and...

Solar Power Upsurge as Energy Costs Increase

While households have led the way with the use of solar energy, commercial, industrial and resource sectors are now installing solar panels at record rates. Energy expert Dominic Da Cruz said the key...

Coal

Gas/Coal ‘Clean Energy Target’ is a lie – ACF

The Australian Conservation Foundation is alarmed by reports that the Finkel review will recommend a so-called ‘Clean Energy Target’ (CET) that would allow for gas or even coal-fired power stations...

$8.64 million for new biorefinery and jobs for Mackay

The Palaszczuk Government has announced $8.64 million assistance for Mackay’s proposed $50 million biorefinery to help accelerate the project’s development and construction. Treasurer Curtis Pitt...

Gladstone plant a boost for biofuel industry

Queensland is now home to the first commercial-scale advanced biofuels pilot plant and on the cusp of a new biofuel production-based industry for the State, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said...

Energy market report highlights sector challenges

The Australian Energy Regulator today published its tenth annual State of the Energy Market report, highlighting the changing dynamics across the entire energy sector. “For ten years, the AER has...

Distribution prices to fall: Jemena Gas

Jemena welcomed the recent Federal Court decision that largely validates the Australian Competition Tribunal’s determination for Jemena Gas Networks for the period commencing 1 July 2015 to 30 June...

PM meeting with gas bosses

Gas bosses sacrifice profit for domestic consumption

In the midst of a potential gas supply crisis, the nation’s gas industry leaders have listened to the Prime Minister’s plea for cheaper and more reliable gas supplies for domestic use...

Senex Energy Silverstar

$15m gas exploration announced in Cooper Basin

An Australian oil and gas producer will soon start a $15 million gas exploration operation in South Australia’s Cooper Basin. Senex Energy will begin drilling its Silver Star-1 gas exploration...

Woodside Petroleum Pluto LNG

Mining boss cops 10 per cent pay cut

The chief executive of a petroleum exploration and production company has copped a major blow to his own bottomline, suffering a 10.2 per cent pay cut. Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman’s...