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National cabinet updates: Bill relief among federal government measures to tackle energy price hikes — as it happened

Wholesale gas and thermal coal prices will be capped and households offered bill support, under a national cabinet deal to counter surging electricity prices

ABC News

NSW declares gas pipeline project 'essential to NSW'

Dominic Perrottet says the pipeline will be the 'backbone' of the state's gas needs.

Newcastle Herald

Green hydrogen exports from WA seen as possible power source for Europe

The WA government will take part in an international study to determine how to fast-track hydrogen exports from Oakajee, north of Geraldton, to the Netherlands and Germany.

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Coal cap looks wrong, but realistic examination of power grid is long overdue

Blaming coal for the electricity grid's conversion crisis

Newcastle Herald

Wide support for National Transition Authority

Energy companies and unions have expressed broad support for a Greens' proposal to establish a national transition authority to manage the energy transition.

Newcastle Herald

Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on windfarms reflects the Tories’ failure to protect rural England

As the Conservatives squabble over planning and housing targets, England’s countryside is being destroyed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Albanese urges national cabinet to endorse unprecedented intervention to cap coal and gas prices

As the year's end draws near, the prime minister convenes national cabinet, asking it to impose a price cap on coal and gas, fearing worse price spikes in 2023.

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How do floating wind turbines work? 5 companies just won the first US leases for building them off California's coast

Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it also has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making building traditional wind turbines directly on the seafloor costly if not impossible.

The Conversation

Report criticises coal price cap and says gas the real driver of power prices

"A price cap on coal is a short term political fix, not the solution it is being portrayed as, and it may actually make things worse.

Newcastle Herald

Cumbria coal mine: empty promises of carbon capture tech have excused digging up more fossil fuel for decades

The idea that a technology called carbon capture and storage (CCS) could catch molecules of CO₂ as they emerge from the chimneys of power stations and factories has been around for more than two decades. Michael Gove, the secretary of state responsible for “levelling up” the UK’s regions, recently justified…

The Conversation

Leaders strike agreement on energy relief

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed a deal with eastern states to provide power bill relief for households and businesses.

AAP

Rome’s solar-powered Christmas tree lights spark row over ‘ugly’ panels

Critics accuse authorities of ‘bogus environmentalism’ over installation in historic Piazza Venezia

The Guardian - UK

Leo Varadkar says electricity supply will be 'quite tight' for next two weeks

Concerns have been raised over the possibility of an amber energy alert being issued

Irish Mirror

Big energy users not holding their breath on national cabinet help amid ‘outrageous’ prices

Companies hoping, but not expecting, Albanese government can implement price caps on gas and coal

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Kremlin: gas union with Uzbekistan not about political conditions

The Kremlin said on Thursday that a proposed gas union including Uzbekistan did not involve imposing "political terms" on the Central Asian nation.

Caixin Global

China’s Local Governments Set Out Plans to Meet 2030 Peak Carbon Goal

Some 14 provincial-level regions have released detailed action plans, with the Southwestern province of Guizhou and North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region among the latest to make announcements

Belfast Live

Electric Ireland customers face New Year price hike

“We realise that the continuing cost of living crisis will make it difficult for some customers."

Belfast Live

Power NI cutting electricity tariff but bills to stay same thanks to Government aid reduction

Consumer Council says "consumers won’t see a difference in their bills"

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Reuters

Germany, Netherlands set out red lines on EU gas price cap

Six European Union countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, have warned that they cannot accept other member states' attempts to lower further the level at which the bloc will cap gas prices, according to an email seen by Reuters.

Birmingham Post

10 questions for Angela Carney of Carney Consultancy

With several positions in the construction sector, Tyneside businesswoman Angela Carney answers our questions

Birmingham Post

Humber carbon capture power station given go-ahead in UK first for Net Zero technology

Keadby Three from SSE Thermal and Equinor is awarded development consent order

ABC News

Renewables providers to be paid to ensure stable electricity supply

Renewable energy providers will be paid to ensure stable, reliable power supply in a scheme signed on to by the states ahead of worsening forecasts of price spikes and blackouts in the year ahead.

ABC News

Robbins Island wind farm proposal approved on condition of 5-month annual shutdown due to orange-bellied parrots

A wind farm proposal in Tasmania is given the green light — but under the condition it doesn't operate for five months of the year, so as not to interfere with the annual migration of a parrot species.

AAP

National energy deal to 'keep lights on'

The nation's energy ministers have agreed to a plan to make the supply of power more reliable as the sector transitions to renewables.

The Guardian - US

Qatar’s gas output increase could cause catastrophic global heating, report says

If Qatar exploits all its reserves it will add 50bn metric tons of CO2 to atmosphere, more than entire annual emissions of whole world

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