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Deep storage is considered the Holy Grail of efforts to turn the electricity grid green — and a roll call of interesting characters is on the trail.

The mothballed Dartbrook coal mine in the Hunter Valley had three sale bids, but all options have since hit snags.

Hopes pinned on production in new mines to reach target

For would-be vacationers, this has been the summer of our discontent. In the wake of the pandemic, severe staffing shortages have triggered a crush of disruption: Flight cancellations abound while check-in lines snake out the terminal door. Travelers wonder when the chaos will abate.

A proposed 50:50 joint venture for operation of the Dartbrook mine

Energy-hungry industries get little advantage from Australia being richly endowed with gas and coal, but mining and steelmaking could win in a net-zero economy.

In tonight's edition: Renewed fighting in northern Ethiopia intensifies further, as both federal forces and Tigrayan rebels accuse each other of opening up new fronts. Also, in South Africa, parents of the 21 young people who died in June at a tavern in the Eastern Cape are told their children…

This week, the Australian Energy Market Operator warned gaps in electricity supply are likely within three years.

The Jobs and Skills Summit has been told a transition agency for coal and gas workers would be critical to boost employment in a clean-energy economy.