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Origin bets on gas and batteries to keep the lights on

Leading energy retailer Origin Energy says it is "well-placed" to benefit from the energy transition as it bets on big batteries to help keep the lights on.

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Independent MPs cancel airline VIP memberships – as it happened

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Origin Energy walks away from $207m Hunter Hydrogen Hub

Origin Energy has quit the Hunter Hydrogen Hub partnership.

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Keep it going: Hunter business group wants Eraring to stay open for longer

Slow clean energy roll out bolsters case to keep Eraring open.

Newcastle Herald

Eraring power station's life may be extended again, Origin chief suggests

Origin's Frank Calabria says Eraring might stay open beyond 2027.

Newcastle Herald

Origin Energy eyes gas imports, longer life for Eraring

Electricity and gas giant Origin Energy warns Australia will need to import gas to meet domestic demand and taxpayers may have to pay to burn coal for longer.

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Eraring output hits five-year high amid slow renewables roll-out

Eraring output hit 2.1 terawatt hours in the last quarter.

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‘Raises red flags’: Coalition nuclear power plan met with widespread scepticism from business groups

Australian energy sector and industry groups warn of risk of cost blowouts and destroying private sector investment

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Electricity grid 'not fit for purpose' without new gas

Consumers have been warned of higher taxes or power bills if gas remains banned under federal and state government building programs for new power generation.

AAP

Origin Energy adds wind power, batteries for coal exit

Origin Energy has snared a construction-ready $4 billion wind and big battery project as it races to plug the gap left by phasing out coal-fired power.

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Chaos events make gas more crucial, Origin Energy says

Big batteries and fast-start gas plants will keep the lights on across Australia and help to stabilise highly volatile power costs, Origin Energy says.

AAP

Origin Energy eyes keeping Eraring running beyond 2025

Origin Energy says talks continue with the NSW government on delaying the closure of Australia's largest coal plant Eraring to support a reliable power supply.

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NSW Labor’s tough talk on Eraring undermined by boost to coal royalties

The demise of the coal cap leaves the government little time to secure a deal with Origin Energy to extend the power plant

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'The world is your oyster': Bowen talks up Newcastle's hydrogen future

The nation's first commercial hydrogen plant will cut gas consumption by one of NSW's biggest users.

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Ash stash reminder for Origin boss

Building a battery at Eraring must come along with the emptying of ash dams, community members say.

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NSW government looks to secure power but says Eraring closure a matter for Origin Energy

Eraring closure date in eye of NSW election storm

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Energy users and ex-ACCC boss praise government for staring down ‘bullies of the gas industry’

Industry argues capping gas at $12 a gigajoule risks future investment but experts say price is top end of range forecast before invasion of Ukraine

Newcastle Herald

Transition crunch:Origin chief hints Eraring may not close in 2025

The head of Origin Energy has given the strongest indication yet that Eraring Power Station may not close in 2025.

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Global shocks likely to drive more frequent interest rate changes, RBA says

Central banks will need to adjust rates more often to respond to unpredictable levels of inflation, Philip Lowe says

AAP

'Be honest' on bill shock from new energy

Origin Energy says the push for clean energy is "out of step" with consumers, warning of bill shock for years from the cost of building new renewable assets.

Newcastle Herald

This week's power price scare has triggered an overdue debate on the sheer scale of the grid rebuild task

A national effort in decarbonising the grid

Newcastle Herald

Power price rises and grid change pessimism as industry weighs up the costs of going green

Tough road leads to power pessimism

Newcastle Herald

Pessimism grabs power industry as leaders cite high costs of decarbonisation and renewables transition

Questions over Eraring as rival tips big power price rises

The Guardian - AU

Origin Energy to quit Beetaloo gas project but green groups warn environmental threat remains

Sale will come at a loss but distance company from both environmental controversy and Russian oligarch

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Origin Energy backs out of investment into on-shore gas exploration in Beetaloo Basin

Origin Energy will divest its stake in gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin entirely in a major shift, as it focuses on a "refreshed strategy" to "grow cleaner energy and customer solutions".

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