Energy

An analysis of the way some of the biggest superannuation funds vote at shareholder meetings suggests they're backing down over the expansion of oil and gas.

NSW Premier Chris Minns’ warning to locals to turn off their dishwashers has been slammed by the Coalition as the State braces for blackouts amid a sweltering heatwave.

Andrew Forrest has leapt to the defence of Fortescue’s gay employees, forcing the company’s green energy boss — an evangelical Christian — to apologise.

With the northern hemisphere heading into winter there are fresh fears that prices will spike once again.

Macquarie Bank’s repeated failures to spot suspicious activity on the electricity futures market has cost it almost $5 million and a stinging reprimand from the corporate regulator.

The Federal Government has ruled out a review of Browse Basin oil and gas projects after listing a new endangered species — with no impact expected to Woodside Energy’s $29 billion LNG plans. 

The Albanese Government has been forced to defend its commitment to overhauling consultation rules for offshore gas projects, three months after the forced scrapping of ‘lawfare’ prevention legislation.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek is handing out red and green lights like candy, first blocking a gold mine and now approving a solar farm backed by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes.

The Australian Conservation Foundation has apologised to its supporters after scrapping a Federal Court challenge to Woodside Energy’s $16 billion Scarborough gas project off Australia’s north-west.

Higher power prices have generated full-year profit growth and more cash for replacement energy assets for Australia's biggest electricity generator AGL Energy.

Woodside Energy has revealed a sharp rise in the cost of its long-awaited Scarborough gas project off the Pilbara coast.

Woodside Energy has revealed a $US900 million ($1.3bn) bid to have a fresh crack at North American LNG, with chief executive Meg O’Neill declaring the company needs to focus on the projects it can control.

Both Labor and Coalition heavyweights have reignited the climate debate amid raging rhetoric on renewables and nuclear energy.

Santos has secured a big win in its hunt to lift the lid on some of the Environmental Defenders Office’s mysterious backers that caused the development of its $6.7 billion Barossa gas project to be delayed.

An Australian company that was going to generate electricity by harnessing the power of giant waves is back with a new name and an unlikely corporate backer in its corner.