Yesterday
AGL lights up Liddell battery, Forrest wind farm seals NSW contract
The latest round of NSW renewables and storage projects coincides with AGL Energy giving the go-ahead to build a $750 million large-scale battery at its Liddell site.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith
This Month
Kahlbetzer-backed solar start-up eyes Nasdaq proceeds for SA projects
Vast Renewables expects to commit to building a concentrated solar project and a separate green methanol project in the state in the second half of 2024.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
NSW transport bosses paid companies $300m for work they did not win
The NSW auditor-general has urged Treasury to rethink how it handles tenders and bidding costs.
- Samantha Hutchinson
NSW wind farm heads for approval, breaking project drought
A contentious renewables project near a historic gold mine looks set to be the first large wind farm approved in NSW since May 2021.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Santos secures drilling approval for Barossa gas project
The approval will allow Santos to resume drilling at the Barossa field in the Timor Sea, which it had to suspend last year after a successful legal challenge by a Tiwi Islander.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Too much risk’: Call for strategic coal power reserves
The head of the electricity supplier, Mark Collette, wants serious discussions on a scheme for a coal power reserve to prevent the lights going out on consumers.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Coal power ‘to be gone in 15 years’
All coal power plants will have closed by 2038, the energy market operator said in a forecast that piles on pressure to pick up the pace of the transmission build-out.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
AusSuper’s Delaney ready to re-shape capital markets
AustralianSuper is a pioneer, builder and now a stirrer after blocking the takeover of Origin Energy. Chief investment officer Mark Delaney has seen it all.
- Anthony Macdonald
AEMO may call on emergency power reserves as NSW grid wilts
NSW Energy Minister Penny Sharpe has asked households to dial back on power use if they can to take pressure off the grid as temperatures head towards 40 degrees.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
$10b budget ‘savings’ mostly delayed roads and rail spending
Three-quarters of Treasurer Jim Chalmers’ $9.8 billion in budget cuts come from pushing spending on major road and rail projects beyond the four-year forecasts.
- Ronald Mizen
Premier defies ‘knockers and blockers’, signs $3.6b rail loop contract
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has signed a $3.6 billion tunnelling contract for the $125 billion Suburban Rail Loop, defying calls to delay or scrap the project.
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- Patrick Durkin
Steel, concrete shortages ‘threaten housing, clean energy projects’
Steel imports have been rising, sparking concerns that infrastructure projects could again become vulnerable to global supply chain glitches.
- Jenny Wiggins
- Opinion
- Federal budget
Fiscal policy must belatedly step up to inflation fight
Australia’s treasurers could do more to help the Reserve Bank to navigate the narrow path to a soft landing and reduce the need for further interest rate increases.
- Cherelle Murphy
In Dubai, IFM Investors emerges as a global green player
As the super fund backed firm reinvents itself as a global business with Aussie roots, CEO David Neal jetted to the COP28 summit to rub shoulders with the corporate climate crowd.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Anacacia calls in Allier Capital to shop infra biz
The Sydney-based advisory firm will work in partnership with US-based boutique William Blair to field interest in RA Infrastructure.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
‘I’m staring at a car park’: Rozelle chaos delivers hit to retailers
The owner of a popular sports shoe shop says congestion since the opening of the Rozelle Interchange has had an impact on retailers in the busy shopping strip.
- Samantha Hutchinson
The Crocodile Man stands in the way of Santos’ $5.8b gas dream
Disputed beliefs among Tiwi Islanders about paths taken by Dreamtime figures are central to an environmentalist-backed fight against the Barossa development.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
‘Secretive’ $125b rail loop plan is good for productivity: Allan
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan says there is nothing controversial about Labor’s use of consultants to ‘prove up’ the Suburban Rail Loop.
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- Gus McCubbing
Tata Indian boss says he’s ready to take ASX pressure on CHESS
Vivek Ramgopal says Tata will keep the ASX on track as it attempts to rebuild the market’s post-trade system for a second time and responds to criticisms.
- James Eyers
Plenary Group seeks new backer; valuation up to $1b
Street Talk understands the public infrastructure developer and fund manager is seeking a new long-term investor to inject capital into its balance sheet.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
