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A $250 million plan for pumped hydro energy generation near Illawarra could provide baseload renewable power for up to 80,000 homes. Origin Energy on Monday revealed more detail on its plans to double its pumped hydro storage power in New South Wales' Illawarra region to take advantage of rapidly falling renewable energy costs. It is considering...

The Hong Kong-owned energy retailer Alinta Energy says it has made good on a much-telegraphed offer for AGL Energy’s ageing Liddell coal plant after achieving board sign-off at the weekend. AGL confirmed on Monday it had received a non-binding and “highly conditional” $250m cash offer from Alinta and its Hong Kong-based owner, Chow Tai Fook Ente...

The Labor Government’s fracking moratorium has been lifted. But 49 percent of the Territory’s landmass will be covered by “no-go zones” and will remain off-limits to gas companies. The decision was announced this morning. The Government has endorsed all 135 of the recommendations made by the scientific inquiry into hydraulic fracturing, led by J...

When Suzie Celotti’s husband Adrian accepted a job in Queensland’s Surat Basin working on a coal seam gas project, the Corporate HR specialist would never have guessed it would be the start of a new career path for herself. Suzie and Adrian relocated from Melbourne to Chinchilla, and with grand plans of being a dedicated stay-at-home mum, Suzie ...

Spanish renewables giant Acciona Energy has won the tender to build one of Australia’s largest solar farms in the heart of Queensland coal country, the state government has announced. Queensland’s minister for state development, infrastructure and planning, Cameron Dick, said on Friday that Acciona would develop, finance, construct and operate t...

Rio Tinto has agreed to sell its interests in the Hail Creek coal mine and Valeria coal project in Queensland to Glencore for $US1.7 billion ($2.2 billion). Glencore’s acquisition includes Rio’s 82 percent share in Hail Creek and a 71.2 percent interest in Valeria. The Hail Creek Complex is in the northern Bowen Basin, 120km south-west of Mackay...

Another major solar project is being proposed for the Queensland coal centre of Gladstone, with plans to develop a 300MW PV farm near Bororen submitted to the local council late last week. The $400 million project, proposed for land in Rodds Bay, about one hour south of the regional city centre, is being pursued by a company called Renew Estate ...

A $750 MILLION gas expansion by Santos in south-west Queensland will create 400 construction jobs and boost the state's gas production to 70 percent of the east coast supply. The mining company will massively expand its Roma East fields over three years. The State Government has backed the development and Mines Minister Anthony Lynham said Santo...

Booming employment conditions have continued into the new year with another 16,000 new jobs created in January. The jobs growth helped edge down the employment rate from 5.6 percent at the end of 2017 to 5.5 percent, on seasonally adjusted data supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. The number of people looking for work decreased with ...

$31.5 million worth of contracts have been awarded for feasibility design work on four projects between Brisbane and Toowoomba. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has spoken about the contracts, stating they will lay the groundwork for future detailed design works. “Inland Rail is going to be a catalyst for significant development, investment a...