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Friday, April 16

Origin warns that low-price energy market is unsustainable

Origin has warned that wholesale energy prices were unsustainable which was likely to lead to “a supply response” of companies withdrawing generation.

State's power companies at a loss due to COVID and switch to renewables

Stanwell and CS Energy have long been reliable cash cows for the Queensland Government. But for how much longer, writes Robert MacDonald

Power prices may fall as the wholesale cost of gas and electricity plummets Photo: ABC

PM turns heat on energy producers with gas power plant ultimatum

Scott Morrison is promising to build a gas power plant in the Hunter Valley if the private sector does not step in.

How this 'Lego brick' could make our power stations emissions-free

Coal-fired power stations could be converted to entirely fossil-fuel-free generators thanks to a solution developed by Australian engineers.

Report says Queensland power stations are nation's least reliable

A report on Australia’s gas and coal-fired power stations shows Queensland accounts for 41 per cent of the country’s power plant outages — the highest in Australia.