Yesterday
CSIRO doubles down on nuclear power as too costly, slow
The science agency’s latest report on future energy needs comes just ahead of the long-awaited costings for Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy policy.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Revamped Potentia Energy scours market for big battery investments
The company once known as Enel Green Power Australia has plenty of cash to splash on renewable assets.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
This Month
- Exclusive
- Commercial real estate
Why Victoria will struggle to sell Mount Baw Baw alpine resort
More than one-third of the resort’s commercial sites are vacant and it doesn’t have enough power to use them all, business owners say.
- Michael Bleby
The Pilbara plots its path from diesel to clean, green mining
Port Hedland is bang in the middle of the country’s industrial engine. There are ambitious plans to decarbonise with miles of transmission and new generation.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Updated
- Mergers & acquisitions
Di Pilla finds big super backers as he clinches $950m clean energy buy
The veteran dealmaker’s HMC Capital is acquiring a portfolio of renewable generation assets from Neoen and becoming a major player in the energy transition.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Business People of the Year
Ryan Stokes out-works, out-earns rivals to take SGH to new highs
The SGH chief, one of The Australian Financial Review Business People of the Year for 2024, is renowned as one of the hardest-working CEOs in Australian big business.
- Anthony Macdonald
Cashed-up retail investors eye private markets
Investors are turning to private debt markets to fund commercial projects that also benefit society.
- Nina Hendy
APA plots path from gas to become a Pilbara solar and batteries giant
The company, which opened its latest electricity project in Port Hedland on Tuesday, expects to tick off on more investments in the region within a year.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
How super funds are tapping the private credit boom
The $4 trillion sector is moving past classic unlisted assets to look at private debt, more creative private equity, social infrastructure and energy transition assets.
- Hannah Wootton
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
‘Overvalued’: Early verdict on DigiCo float feels like a GyG rerun
David Di Pilla cleverly and quickly seized on the hottest story in markets to get his listing away. But a bigger debate is brewing on the data centre sector.
- James Thomson
South Australia in urgent bid to restart diesel power plants
A $2.3 billion power cable linking SA and NSW is behind schedule, stoking concerns that SA – which has no coal-fired power – could face reliability issues.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
November
Vic, NSW splurge putting Australia’s credit rating at risk: Fitch
Fitch Ratings has warned that state level deficits have risen sharply and were becoming increasingly important in its assessment of Australia’s fiscal position.
- Gus McCubbing, Patrick Durkin and Michael Read
- Exclusive
- Energy transition
‘Nothing’s off the table’: Expert panel to overhaul electricity market
Energy Minister Chris Bowen has tapped former AGL Energy executive Tim Nelson and three other industry specialists to review the National Energy Market.
- Updated
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Generators scramble after NSW’s near miss on blackouts
More than 2000 megawatts of coal power capacity is due back online within 10 days, as generators scramble to avoid a repeat of Wednesday’s close shave on the NSW power grid.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Energy prices
Electrification and renewables could slice 20pc off energy bills: AEMC
The agency that writes the rules governing the electricity and gas markets estimates big savings for families if they move away from petrol cars and gas.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Housing construction rises to a three-year high
There are some signs of a pick-up in home-building, but higher costs and a risky environment for contractors are holding back development.
- Michael Bleby
- Exclusive
- Ports
Darwin Port’s Chinese owner scrambles to stave off forced sale
The possibility Darwin Port could be taken back was welcomed by Coalition MPs who believe the key asset should never have been sold to the Chinese.
- Ronald Mizen and Jenny Wiggins
‘Find your niche’: The hard lessons of building tech companies
IND Technology has made the rare leap from academia to commercial success, while legal tech start-up Nexl nearly failed but is now growing rapidly in the US.
- Paul Smith
Generator sales jump as summer blackout fears persist
“I reckon I’ll be using it tonight,” said one owner. Despite the concern, the energy market operator said the immediate chance of a power failure had subsided.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Labor MPs express disquiet over Melbourne rail loop
Victorian Labor MPs have privately expressed frustration and concern over Premier Jacinta Allan’s vow to “double down” on the $125 billion Suburban Rail Loop.
- Patrick Durkin and Gus McCubbing
