Energy Top Stories

Australia’s energy storage capacity needs 10-fold increase by 2050 – report

Rapidly rising energy demand spurred by the ongoing electrification of building and transport industries requires that Australia grows its energy storage capacity at least 10-fold by 2050.

Valentina Ruiz Leotaud | April 2, 2023 | 1:11 pm

Australia sees lithium exports matching thermal coal by 2028

Australia sees its booming lithium sector matching thermal coal’s importance…

Bloomberg News | April 2, 2023 | 10:06 am

Biden’s landmark climate bill lures China’s clean energy giants

China’s leading renewables firms are joining the rush to open…

Bloomberg News | April 1, 2023 | 6:55 pm

Energy reform bill passes in US House of Representatives

Lower Energy Costs Act intended to bolster US oil and…

Staff Writer | March 31, 2023 | 4:00 pm

South Africa pushes to delay coal plant closures

With blackouts often exceeding 10 hours a day, the government…

Bloomberg News | March 31, 2023 | 7:39 am

Europe forced to rely on expensive, dirty coal to keep lights on

The fossil fuel plays a vital role in helping to keep the lights on in Europe this winter even as prices are jumping and lawmakers are doing their best to kill off one of the dirtiest power-plant fuels.

Bloomberg News | January 26, 2022 | 3:34 am

Top coal funder Korea draws critique for slow phase-out plans

Financial institutions in South Korea have failed to keep up with their global peers in setting policies to exit the dirtiest fossil fuel, an activist group said.

Bloomberg News | January 25, 2022 | 6:12 pm

Going green must include nuclear for EU’s largest copper plant

KGHM, the biggest consumer of Poland’s overwhelmingly coal-based electricity, plans to introduce nuclear power into its energy mix this decade.

Bloomberg News | January 24, 2022 | 9:46 am

South32 second-quarter metallurgical coal output falls 15%

South32's metallurgical coal output was hurt by an extension of a longwall form of mining at its Illawarra project.

Reuters | January 23, 2022 | 2:32 pm

China’s carbon market may get stricter under a new proposal

Chinese regulators are mulling a deeper cut in new carbon quotas, a move that would make it more expensive to run small and inefficient coal power plants.

Bloomberg News | January 21, 2022 | 2:58 pm

Global inflation ends era of ever-cheaper clean energy

In the past year, prices for solar panels have surged more than 50%, while wind turbines are up 13%, and battery prices are rising for the first time ever.

Bloomberg News | January 20, 2022 | 1:08 pm

Canada’s energy patch sees ‘significant’ boost in investment

Investment in Canadian oil sands, the world’s third largest oil reserves, will jump by a third to C$11.6 billion this year.

Bloomberg News | January 20, 2022 | 1:04 pm

Terra, CanAlaska sign deal for two uranium projects in Saskatchewan

Australia’s Terra Uranium has signed a deal to earn up to an 80% interest in CanAlaska's Waterbury East and McTavish projects.

Northern Miner Staff | January 20, 2022 | 8:16 am

Mining’s top ten ‘S’ trends in ESG for 2022

ESG action is now considered critical to both business and social resilience and is increasingly integrated into board oversight responsibilities and executive compensation.

Elizabeth Freele and Rachel Dekker | January 20, 2022 | 6:22 am

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