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The Karratha gas plant, part of the North West Shelf project.

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Woodside CEO renews call for North West Shelf certainty

Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has renewed her pleas for certainty over the future of the energy giant’s massive North West Shelf gas project, which is still awaiting a final sign off from the Federal Government.

Matt Mckenzie & Daniel Newell

Labor and the coalition have committed Australia to more gas production well into the future. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumAustralia urged to walk away from gas for renewables

Both major parties are going into an election promising to increase gas production, even though the majority of Australians want more renewables.

Kat Wong

First gas on the $5.8 billion Santos mega-project is expected to flow in coming months. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumSantos gets final tick for flagship Barossa gas project

Santos has received final approval to start production on its flagship $5.8 billion Barossa gas project in the Timor Sea after years of legal delays.

Jacob Shteyman

While in the distant future, decommissioning Australian energy resources will involve big choices. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumNo walk in the park for nuclear reactors at life's end

All energy infrastructure has an expiry date and for nuclear power plants, radioactive elements mean retirement is no picnic.

Poppy Johnston

Shell’s Prelude 475km off the coast of Broome.

EnergyPremiumShell adds to WA energy giants’ $16b gas profits haul

Australia’s three biggest LNG producers have shared more than $16 billion in profit, just four years after a plunge in energy prices left them awash in red ink and pondering their future.

Sean Smith

The IGE Northam solar farm which was to be the site of the MEG HP1 hydrogen project.

Administration and liquidationPremiumInfinite directors may face scrutiny as rescuers circle

Administrators of hydrogen hopeful Infinite Green Energy will have four weeks to bring together a restructure deal for the company, with the Supreme Court yesterday adjourning a liquidation bid.

Matt Mckenzie

Woodside Energy chief executive Meg O'Neill.

Oil & GasPremiumWoodside Energy hooks German utility for US gas

The Australian oil and gas group has struck long-term deals to supply LNG to German company Uniper, with at least half of the gas to be sourced from Woodside’s planned Louisiana plant in the US.

Sean Smith

Keeping coal power stations running could expose Australians to energy price spikes, research shows. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumNo 'band-aid solution': sweating coal risky business

Proper maintenance is the answer to ageing coal generator reliability issues, the coalition has countered in response to more questions about its nuclear plan.

Poppy Johnston

Gorgon media tour Barrow Island. Domestic gas plant

EnergyPremiumChevron reveals massive profit from Aussie gas operations

Australia is still delivering for Chevron despite the company’s concerns about the country’s investment credentials, powering the gas giant to an $8 billion profit last year.

Sean Smith

Andrew Forrest, who is not named as a defendant, had fought being deposed in the case, but a federal judge in Connecticut last week ordered Australia’s second-richest person, to answer questions by Tudor Jones’ family office. 

MiningPremiumForrest faces deposition in soured US green energy tie-up

Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest was ordered to sit for a seven-hour deposition as his US legal battle intensifies with hedge fund mogul Paul Tudor Jones II over a soured green energy partnership. 

Chris Dolmetsch and Ava Benny-Morrison

Andrew Forrest at Leadership Matters on Thursday.

MiningCommentsPremiumTwiggy weighs in on Trump: ‘He’s made some very poor calls’

Andrew Forrest was in Perth on Thursday, the morning after Donald Trump put a 90-day pause on his sweeping global tariffs that sent global markets into meltdown.

Simone Grogan

The climate change and energy debate between Labor’s Chris Bowen and the coalition’s Ted O’Brien was a snippy affair. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Federal election 2025VideoCommentsFiery debate offers voters stark choice on energy

Energy Minister Chris Bowen and his opposite number Ted O’Brien have both promised to lower household bills, offering voters a stark choice between a renewables-based power grid or a dramatic shift to nuclear.

Nicola Smith

The Shire of Narrogin chief executive Dale Stewart and president Leigh Ballard.

RENEWABLE ENERGYPremium“Lasting benefits”: Narrogin asks for voice in energy boom

The Shire of Narrogin has formally asked “not to be left behind” by the State Government in planning for renewable energy projects around the town to ensure its future as a hub results in community benefits.

Melissa Sheil

Victorians are in line for big discounts on ceiling insulation with the cost expected to be halved. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumVow insulation discounts won't repeat tradie tragedies

A state government has dismissed concerns that discounted home insulation could lead to a repeat of a disastrous program that cost four workers their lives.

Callum Godde

The IGE Northam solar farm which was to be the site of the MEG HP1 hydrogen project.

EnergyCommentsPremiumHydrogen hopeful pulls plug and calls in administrators

The green energy hopeful has called in administrators after a rough 12 months, which included the departure of big-name directors last year.

Matt Mckenzie

Meg O'Neill at a Woodside project in WA.

Oil & GasCommentsPremiumWoodside brings on $10bn for Louisiana LNG build

Oil and gas giant Woodside Energy has defied chaos in the United States economy to bring onboard a new investor into the Louisiana LNG project.

Matt Mckenzie

BHP NickelWest's Mt Keith nickel operations.

EnergyPremiumGreen light for power plant primed for a Nickel West restart

Canadian energy giant TransAlta has won the approval of the regulator for a new gas power plant that would support a restart of BHP‘s mothballed WA nickel operations.

Sean Smith

DUG Technology managing director Matt Lamont.

EnergyCommentsPremiumDUG Technology despairs at ‘trashing’ of oil and gas sector

Company founder Matt Lamont blasts Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s gas reservation plan as ‘stupidity’, claiming governments of both political persuasions have done too much damage to lure back investment.

Sean Smith

Mr Bandt dismissed Mr Albanese’s tough talk declaring he does not negotiate with the Greens — pointing out his party had successfully negotiated outcomes with Labor before.

Federal electionCommentsPremiumGreens to use Woodside project rejection to form government

Adam Bandt has scoffed at Anthony Albanese’s insistence he doesn’t do deals with the Greens, as Woodside’s plan to continue LNG production in WA’s north-west looms as a key bargaining chip at the elections.

Joe Spagnolo

Origin Energy says taxpayers won't need to pay to keep Eraring Power station operating this year. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumTaxpayers win as biggest power plant keeps itself open

Origin Energy has tossed a "security blanket" for Australia's largest coal power station for the coming year, saving taxpayers up to $225 million.

Jack Gramenz

Only a fraction of houses with solar panels homes use batteries to store the energy they produce. (Glenn Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

EnergyPremiumCall for household battery help to plug energy concerns

Cutting the price of solar batteries would lower household bills while easing pressure on the energy network, say groups pushing for a national scheme.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest.

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Fortescue offshoot in green jet fuel deal with Swiss startup

Fortescue has backed a Swiss startup hatching plans to make sustainable plane fuel from green hydrogen and methanol, adding the aviation sector to Andrew Forrest’s growing decarbonisation list.

Simone Grogan

Iron ore is a key ingredient in making steel.

EconomyPremiumTrading places as Chinese iron ore demand set to be tempered

Australian iron ore production is set to plateau within three years, while trade battles and an ageing China loom as hurdles for the State’s top industry.

Matt Mckenzie

The Greater Angostura operation is in Trinidad and Tobago

Oil & GasPremiumWoodside sets sail from Caribbean asset

Woodside will sell the Greater Angostura assets in the Caribbean for $206 million in a bid to bring on cash for the company’s next round of investments.

Matt Mckenzie