This Month
The world’s wiliest climate warrior? It’s not who you think
International Energy Agency boss Fatih Birol, a lifelong bureaucrat with roots in the oil industry, has made the net zero transition a personal mission.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Exclusive
- Nuclear energy
Australia doesn’t need nukes: International Energy Agency boss
Global energy tsar Fatih Birol says Australia should play to its strengths in renewables, and there should be less emotion and politics in energy discussions.
- Hans van Leeuwen
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Labor locks gas firmly into energy transition
The Future Gas Strategy reaffirms a strong role for gas, but despite the title it is light on ideas to get there.
- The AFR View
ANZ hardens policy against bankrolling oil and gas projects
The bank says it will “no longer provide direct financing to new or expansion upstream” projects, practically ruling out lending to the largest proposals.
- Ben Potter
- Opinion
- Energy
We will need new sources of gas
Australia is committed to reaching net zero emissions by 2050, and we will need gas to get there.
- Madeleine King
- Sponsored
- AGSM
A concrete path to greener business
Michele Roberts, Academic Director at UNSW’s Australian Graduate School of Management, shares key advice for businesses to take authentic steps to a greener future.
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by UNSW Australian Graduate School of Management
CEO hails progress as AGL ups guidance again
The energy giant backed by software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes bumped the lower bound of its full-year guidance up by $80 million.
- Updated
- Ben Potter and Jemima Whyte
- Sponsored
- LDV
On the road to greener supply chains
Australia’s supply chains are not the most sustainable. But there are signs of change – including the electrification of transport.
Sponsored
by LDV
- Sponsored
- CBA
Australian business leads the way with sustainable financial solutions
With four out of five buildings projected to still be standing in 25 years, the imperative for green initiatives in real estate has never been clearer.
Sponsored
by CBA
‘True energy impact’: Di Pilla defies gloom, appoints Gillard to $2b fund
The ASX-listed HMC Capital is banking on plenty of investor interest to defy a gloomy market outlook on the transition to clean energy for its latest vehicle.
- Ben Potter
What Charles Dickens can teach you about utes
The English author mapped out the lobbying tactics of the legacy car makers against vehicle emissions standards 170 years ago.
- Tristan Edis
Nuclear power: Could we? Should we?
This week on The Fin podcast: Ben Potter and Jacob Greber on Dutton’s atomic bet, the economics of nuclear energy and whether the AI revolution changes the debate.
Offshore Gippsland licences to unlock $100b of generation
The winners of a dozen offshore wind licences are preparing for offtake auctions that seek to harness world-class resources.
- Ben Potter
- Sponsored
- BINGO Industries
Australian businesses ramp up recycling ahead of new climate rules
As Australia gears up for a seismic shift in the enforcement of climate disclosure rules, the nation’s waste management sector is getting ahead of the curve.
Sponsored
by BINGO Industries
April
New gas supplies ‘needed’ says Bowen as Gippsland wind takes off
Energy Minister Chris Bowen believes Australia has no option but to seek new supplies of gas even as he green-lights six potential offshore Gippsland wind projects.
- Jacob Greber
Kean questions need for Eraring bailout
It will be the “NSW government”, not the renewables sector, that faces the music if sluggish wind, solar and transmission rollout leads to blackouts.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
- Exclusive
- Electricity
Former Labor leader to chair Victoria’s SEC
Simon Corbell, a former ACT deputy chief minister, will chair Victoria’s revised State Electricity Commission, after its advisory board was disbanded.
- Ben Potter and Patrick Durkin
Coal mine methane twice official disclosures: Sims
Australia’s open cut coal mines could be emitting twice as much methane as official disclosures suggest, casting doubt on national carbon emissions data.
- Ben Potter
- Opinion
- Energy transition
Post-coal power choice is renationalisation or redesigning the market
An integrated net-zero electricity system depends on governments restoring faith in the market delivering enough power to the right places at the right time.
- Tony Wood
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Woodside Energy’s part in BHP’s low-carbon transition
The irony is that “The Big Australian” has the financial resources to bid for Anglo American partly because its legacy fossil fuel assets are now on Woodside Energy’s books.
- The AFR View
