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The mining sector made more than half of Australia's corporate profits, so why do economists want to ignore it?

Australia's mining sector has generated windfall profits over the past two years, the result of dramatically higher prices for fossil fuel energy, but has it driven inflation?

ABC News

How Australia's oldest coal-fired power station will be shut down

Liddell Power Station's three remaining generators will wind down between this weekend and the end of the month.

Newcastle Herald

Owner of former Nottinghamshire colliery says Coal Authority 'riding roughshod' over its history

Plans for the future of the former Clipstone Colliery include opening a heritage museum to showcase its mining history.

Nottingham Post

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‘Change is coming fast’: Oceania outstrips Europe in solar, wind uptake

As the world pushes toward a greener, sustainable future, Australia is making significant strides in transitioning to renewable energy.

The New Daily

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine boosted clean energy to power more than 90% of new demand last year, report says

The Russian invasion of Ukraine could represent a 'turning point' in the world's transition to clean power.

Fortune

Can the AFL's Gather Round reconnect with suburban and country footy more successfully than previous attempts?

With games being played at Norwood Oval and the minuscule Mt Barker Oval, the professionalised AFL is nodding towards its origins in paddocks and fields in regional towns.

ABC News

Farewell Liddell: what to expect when Australia's oldest coal plant closes

After more than five decades, the last operating units of the Liddell coal-fired power station will close this month. The station’s owner, AGL, is Australia’s largest carbon polluter. Liddell’s closure will reduce the company’s emissions by 17%.

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Future beckons for World's largest coal port

Port of the future nomination recognises the Port of Newcastle's work towards establishing a hydrogen production hub in Newcastle.

Newcastle Herald

Seven ways to recycle heat and reduce carbon emissions

Heating of space and water in buildings accounts for about 44% of all energy consumed globally according to the International Energy Agency. This heat is still overwhelmingly generated by burning fossil fuels, making it an enormous source of the carbon emissions driving climate change. But you might be surprised to…

The Conversation

Cumbrian coal mine legal challenge refused

The High Court has rejected a judicial review against the Government over the mine.

The Independent UK

Q1 2023 and Beyond- Energy

The energy sector of the commodities market includes crude oil, gasoline, heating oil, natural gas, and ethanol contracts that trade on the CME’s NYMEX division. The energy sector led the way on the downside in Q1 2023 with gains in gasoline and ethanol and significant declines in the crude oil,…

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Clean energy projects for coal towns

The Biden administration wants to give a boost to the fossil fuel "energy communities" of coal country

Salon

More households can apply for extra £200 to help with energy costs from TODAY - who can claim

Households who use heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), coal or biomass as their main source of heating received payments worth £200 from February 2023 to help with energy costs

Daily Mirror

Sun and wind fuel a record 12% of world power

PARIS: Solar and wind energy surged to account for a record 12% of the world’s electricity in 2022, a climate think tank said on Wednesday — though coal remained the leading source globally.

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The New Daily

Coal generation rising despite global net-zero ambition

The world's wind and solar power generation may be accelerating but coal is beating pricey gas as the go-to back-up for electricity generation.

The Conversation

Batteries won't cut it – we need solar thermal technology to get us through the night

Australia’s transition to renewables is gathering speed, but there’s a looming problem with storage. We will need much more long-duration storage to get us through the night, once coal and fossil gas exit the system.

Tribune News Service

G-7 nations tussle over bid to phase out coal power by 2030

Group of Seven nations are butting heads over the timeline for phasing out coal-fired power ahead of next weekend’s summit of top energy and environmental ministers.

Newcastle Herald

'Challenges' for NSW grid as Hunter coal station closes

The Liddell Power Station in Muswellbrook in the Hunter region will close this month, after owner AGL delayed its planned closure by a year.

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Foreign-owned mine Griffin Coal bills WA taxpayers $7.3 million to move dirt, fix machines

Taxpayers have spent millions propping up a failed foreign-owned coal mine at the centre of Western Australia's energy woes, paying for costs such as repairs to broken machinery.

The Guardian - AU

Japanese-funded $500m project to extract hydrogen from Victorian coal is at risk, sources say

Exclusive: funding requests, uncertain responsibilities and a failure to secure long-term contracts has critics asking if the fossil fuel-based venture is still a good deal

AAP

'Challenges' for NSW grid as Hunter coal station closes

Future energy supply challenges could be on the horizon for NSW as one of the state's major coal-fired electricity producers prepares to wind down operations.

Newcastle Herald

Coal exit has started, but Hunter's driving blind

The Hunter's giant coal mines are in the government's sights, but where's the fully-funded transition strategy?

France 24

Global progress on phasing out coal in 2022 weighed down by China

Despite the energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war, a phasing out of coal continued across the world in 2022, according to a new report by the NGO Global Energy Monitor. Everywhere except China, where new coal production capacity under development increased, offsetting the gains in the rest of the…

Inverse

A Physicist Reveals How Resistance-Free Electricity Could Power Our World

About 5 percent of the power generated at a coal or solar power plant is lost as the electricity is transmitted from the plant to its final destination.

The Canberra Times

Take a ride on a steam train this Easter weekend

The romance of steam - and the dirt and strain.

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