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New analysis on the cost of decarbonising Australia’s power grid runs closely to the national market operator’s own – but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines

It comes as renewable sources powered 39.3% on average, the Aemo says, a record share for the September quarter

It seems reasonable to call the Coalition’s policy what it primarily is: a proposal to expand fossil fuels

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Power prices force Hunter manufacturer to consider Vietnam.

Energy officials warn of "stubbornly high" power prices as coal plants stutter towards an exit, with no guarantee bills will fall in the next five years.

Alerts to possible power shortfalls have become a familiar occurrence. But experts say it won’t be long before the opposite is common

Bayswater Power Station produces record low levels of power.

Not enough skilled workers to build renewable energy projects.

The electricity workforce will need to double in five years to achieve Australia’s 2030 renewable energy target, our new report finds. More than 80% of these jobs will be in renewables. Jobs in energy storage alone will overtake domestic coal and gas jobs (not including the coal and gas export…

So far there are no costings and no details on what type of reactors there would be, their size or who would build them