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Encouraging energy firms with old-style contracts to switch to new charging arrangements could save £44.4bn over six months

The controversial $1.3billion Hunter Power Project at Kurri will go ahead as planned, Paterson MP Meryl Swanson said.

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The ongoing political disruptions in a major oil exporting country, Libya, have created widespread apprehensions regarding the deterioration of the global supply crunch. However, demand is expected to remain robust. Therefore, quality energy stocks Valero (VLO), Suncor (SU), Marathon (MRO), and APA (APA), which have continued to climb in 2022,…

European Commission says it is working ‘flat out’ on emergency intervention and on longer-term structural reform

Environmentalists advocating for nuclear power have led a push to extend the operating life of Diablo Canyon, California's last nuclear power plant. Japan and Germany consider similar extensions.

The Australian Energy Market Operator says coal and gas plant closures will reduce electricity reliability and an urgent boost in new generation is needed.

Growth in wind, solar and battery systems is expected over the next two decades, but the clean energy sector is already short of workers.

Australian Energy Market Operator warns that without investment in new-generation electricity storage and transmission, demand will outstrip supply

Forest fires, droughts and heatwaves across the country is forcing provinces to reduce power consumption

Critics are skeptical about whether the new rules by the Railroad Commission will prevent another catastrophe like the power grid disaster in February 2021.