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What is load shedding and why is it a sign that Australia's largest electricity market is in crisis?

In the electricity industry, no two words instil a greater sense of fear or failure as load shedding. Here's why.

ABC News

Second electricity crunch looming in Qld

The Australian Energy Market Operator is likely to again have to order Queensland electricity generators to fire up their plants to avoid blackouts.

AAP

'Social cost per tonne': how Hunter mine expansion bid tackles climate change

The 'downstream consumption of coal by end users' doesn't count at home, says coal-mining company MACH Energy

Newcastle Herald

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UK close to deal with EDF to keep coal-fired power station open

French firm in talks to extend life of Nottinghamshire plant to shore up Britain’s winter energy supplies

The Guardian - UK

British farmers being paid to bury burnt wood as part of new carbon capture trial

Researchers in a multi-million-pound trial are placing 200 tonnes of a charcoal-like substance under woodland and farmland in an attempt to improve British soil health and turn waste carbon into a useful nutrient.

Daily Mirror

Enthusiasm review – Dziga Vertov’s feverish, celebratory trip to communist-era Donbas

Filmed in 1931, this experimental film about Ukraine’s industrial might captures the revolutionary upheaval of its era with bold cuts and uproarious sound cues

The Guardian - UK

Big electricity consumers in Queensland cut use to avoid blackouts as NSW faces shortages

Market operator in talks with large consumers as country faces energy crisis mainly due to poorly performing coal-fired generators

The Guardian - AU

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Wallabies, coal and a town called Dingo: the battle over a Queensland mine proposal

A mining lease being sought for a proposed coalmine is being challenged in the state’s land court

The Guardian - AU

Queensland has eight coal-fired power stations. What's their future?

Queensland's eight coal power stations have had several unplanned outages recently, contributing to energy price increases. But what will happen to these stations in the future?

ABC News

Tongan volcano pumice expected to wash up on Townsville beaches this year

A geologist says it's not uncommon for black lumps of compressed sediment, or even coal, to wash up on Queensland beaches. But soon you could find pumice from Tonga's volcanic eruption.

ABC News

Exploring a fossil fuel-free future, Georgia Power tests something new

For most of its 80 years of existence, Plant McDonough-Atkinson — the hulking Georgia Power plant that hugs the Chattahoochee River about 10 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta — relied on burning coal to power the city and its sprawling suburbs.

Tribune News Service

Michael Pascoe: Mates rates, or how the Coalition sat on a $100-billion gas-tax rort

Treasury officials are "briefing the new government on a number of matters, including the PRRT gas transfer price review”.

The New Daily

As the temperature cools, the heat is on Chris Bowen

Gas shortages, reported delays to major projects and coal-fired power woes are among the gifts handed to the new energy minister

The Guardian - AU

AGL, Australia's largest provider, reveals its coal-fired power generator outages will continue

There is no relief in sight from Australia's energy crisis with almost one-quarter of coal-fired capacity offline, and the nation's largest producer revealing several of its units will be out for some time.

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The Guardian - AU

Energy market turmoil: Snowy Hydro delayed until 2028 while coal plants run at half capacity

Cold snap and gas shortages spike electricity prices amid multiple outages at coal-fired power stations

AAP

Coal unit will be out for longer: AGL

As the energy debate continues to generate political heat, AGL says one of its units at Victoria's Loy Yang plant will remain offline until late September.

ABC News

Will long-term boost to energy capacity stop exit from coal? Debate is red hot

One of Australia's most experienced energy advisers has downplayed concerns that a plan by state and federal energy ministers to overhaul the electricity market could prolong the coal-fired power industry.

ABC News

FOI shows NSW planning department 'coaching' miner to stress BlueScope link, green groups say

Environmental groups say private emails obtained under Freedom Of Information laws show the NSW Department of Planning "coaching" a mining company seeking approval for a coal mine extension after it was rejected by an independent planning panel.

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The Conversation

If the opposition wants a mature discussion about nuclear energy, start with a carbon price. Without that, nuclear is wildly uncompetitive

The idea of nuclear power in Australia has been hotly debated for decades. Most of this discussion has been unproductive, focusing on symbolism and identity politics rather than the realities of energy policy. For that reason alone, we should welcome the commitment by opposition party leaders David Littleproud and Peter…

The Times of India

CIL moves to import coal for first time as power demand tops 210 GW

NEW DELHI: India’s peak power demand shot past 210 gigawatts (GW) at 3 p.m on Tuesday to smash the previous record of 209.8 GW hit a day earlier, even as Coal India Ltd (CIL) invited bids for importing coal for the first time with the aim of helping generation companies…

The Independent UK

Poland's PM pushes for more coal to lower heating costs

Poland's prime minister has vowed to support higher production at the nation's coal mines in order to bring down heating and energy prices

The Hindu

A.P. taking steps to ensure 24-hour quality power supply: Vijayanand

Expedite commissioning of thermal and green energy projects, he tells officials

The New Daily

Ministers addressing our spiralling energy crisis have ignored the greatest opportunities

While we have two separate energy crises, an electricity price crisis and gas price crisis, they both have the same problem – our reliance on fossil fuels.

ABC News

Australia's energy ministers have an 11-point plan. Here's why it won't ease prices any time soon

Amid a "perfect storm" for energy prices and Australians' surging power bills, energy ministers across the country were meeting to make a plan. Here's what we know about it.

The Hindu

CIL floats maiden tender to import 2.416 MT coal for power sector

The government is making all efforts to build up stock of coal to avoid the reoccurrence of power outages

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