Japan has reinvested in nuclear power, even though the Fukushima power plant is still not safe. Freelance journalist David Donaldson says developing nations are just getting started with nuclear.
"Hoping to be able to meet overseas demands is not a strategy," the NSW Energy Minister says. The gas market is distorted and in desperate need of reform. Crikey concludes its special investigation.
The government's Climate Change Authority has today released a major report which says Australia should do much more on climate change -- a 19% cut in emissions by 2020. But Tony Abbott is unlikely to listen.
Wind farms have been shown to have no ill health effects, but that won't stop the anti-renewables lobby from repeating the furphy that they are bad for your health. All in all, it's a bad time to be in the business of clean energy.
In his winning entry for the Gavin Mooney Memorial Essay Competition, Sydney GP Tim Senior argues at Inside Story that language has been getting in the way of action on climate change.
The Abbott government has quietly revived grants under the previous government’s Clean Technology Food and Foundries Program, including one grant to Rheem which will be used to close two factories.
Cancelling the Renewable Energy Target altogether, scrapping remaining solar credits, capping wind -- all are at stake in the federal government's review that has the energy sector nervous.
The renewable energy sector has talked tough on the government's review of the Renewable Energy Target, but in reality the industry is in very deep trouble. Dick Warburton seems certain to scale it back.
Orica has signaled an interest in becoming a pure mining business, spinning off its chemical business on its own. But numerous environmental liabilities could be a heavy load to bear for a chemical business.
Australian households are flocking to solar, screwing up the business models of the nation's state-owned electricity generators. Politicians have yet to come to grips with the situation.
