Renewables Will Win At The Ballot Box
South Australians got a glimpse of the future this week. Electricity prices are coming down.…More
Browsing: Environment
Our Gold-Plated Electricity Infrastructure
The summer of 2003-4 in south-east Queensland was particularly warm and moist. Heat and humidity…More
Smelters, Wind Turbines and Jobs
Cruising just above the cloud line above western Victoria, the farmland rolls out in tidy…More
Waubra Fights The Anti-Wind Bullies
It’s spring in the quiet sheep-farming hamlet of Waubra, an hour’s drive northwest of Ballarat…More
How Green Is GreenPower?
If you have ever signed up to an energy retailer for your household power, you’ve…More
Poles, Wires, Regulators and Middle Men
This is part two of Ben Eltham and Squirrel Main’s breakdown of the Australian energy…More
Your Energy Bill Explained
The word "energy" has many meanings. In a technical sense, it means the capacity of…More
Coal Seam Gas Boom – or Bust?
In the first article in New Matilda’s series on the future of Australian energy, Ben…More
The Gas Boom Transforming Chinchilla
In Chinchilla, four hours west of Brisbane, the town’s first Indian restaurant opened a few…More
Future Shock – Our New Series On Energy
Energy used to be boring. Big power plants burnt coal to create electricity, and big…More