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Electric vehicles could significantly increase demand on the power grid, trials underway to change energy use behaviour

Energy retailers and distributors are preparing for a looming challenge from electric vehicles, with new research revealing they'll add at least 30 per cent demand on the evening peak unless drivers change their behaviour.

ABC News

Gas power helping to prop-up energy grid

The Colongra gas-fired power station on the Central Coast has been running at historically high levels in recent months in an attempt to sure up an increasingly unstable electricity grid.

Newcastle Herald

Coal snap: Eraring power station running out of coal, ASX told

Eraring Power Station is running out of coal, threatening to deepen Australia's worsening energy crisis.

Newcastle Herald

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Eraring is running out of coal, owner warns stock exchange

Origin Energy has advised the Australian Stock Exchange that Eraring Power Station is running out of coal.

Newcastle Herald

Beetaloo Basin's 'absolutely immense' potential spruiked at oil and gas conference, but big fracking tests loom

Buried deep in the Beetaloo Basin, it's estimated there is enough shale gas to power Australia for 300 years if the industry can work out how to frack it safely. Now, the industry is considering re-injecting wastewater into deep saline aquifers.

ABC News

Federal government wants to change the rules to draw out the closure of coal fire power stations

AGL would be required to give an extra 18 months notice of its intention to close Bayswater Power Station under a rule change proposed by the federal government.

Newcastle Herald

Switching off: Inside Eraring power station as staff come to terms with its closure

Shock, denial, stress, anger. Workers are struggling to comprehend the early closure of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station and the plan for what comes next.

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Australian sanctions against Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg unlikely to affect Beetaloo Basin gas exploration, says Origin Energy

The Australian government's decision to sanction a Russian billionaire has revealed an unexpected link between the war in Ukraine and the remote Northern Territory.

ABC News

Australian companies are divesting from Russia, but some links to oligarchs remain

Ethical investors are calling on Rio Tinto, Origin Energy and other entities to join the list of Australian comnpanies divesting from Russia.

The New Daily

Origin Energy and Rio Tinto urged to review joint ventures with Russian oligarchs

Ukraine invasion prompts calls for Australian companies to ensure resources profits do not end up with Putin-linked investors

The Guardian - AU

Uncertainty for Eraring power station workers after Origin Energy announces early closure

The head of Origin Energy says he cannot guarantee all workers will be redeployed, after the plant's closure is brought forward by seven years to 2025.

ABC News

Australia's largest coal plant will close 7 years early – but there's still no national plan for coal's inevitable demise

In a major step forward for Australia’s clean energy transition, the country’s biggest coal-fired power station Eraring is set to close seven years early in 2025, Origin Energy announced this morning.

The Conversation

Australia’s largest coal-fired power station, Eraring, to close in 2025, seven years early

Origin Energy says the 2,880MW black-coal generator in NSW is not well-suited to rapidly changing conditions in the national electricity market

The Guardian - AU

Origin accused of 'folly' amid coal exit

Origin Energy will shutter Australia's largest coal-fired power plant much earlier than expected, annoying the federal government and environmentalists.

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Origin Energy to shut Australia's largest coal-fired power plant, Eraring Power Station, by 2025

Origin Energy plans to shut Australia's largest coal-fired power plant seven years early, in 2025, with plans to replace it with a big battery on the same site.

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Myuna Bay Sport and Rec Centre finds new home at Morisset

A new site for the Myuna Bay Sport and Rec Centre has been revealed, three years since it was controversially closed due to earthquake risk.

Newcastle Herald

New site unveiled for lake sport and recreation centre

Almost three years after the Myuna Bay Sport and Recreation Centre was closed the state government has confirmed a new centre will open at Morisset.

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