Australia’s Northern Territory started commercial production from the nation’s first shale gas wells, as a debate rages between the sparsely populated region and the federal government on whether foss...

Australia’s biggest oil and gas producer Woodside Energy Group Ltd. is scaling back its clean energy ambitions to double down on fossil fuels, saying all its investments must compete equally for capit...

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Australia’s liquefied natural gas exporters should be riding high on a A$20 billion ($14 billion) sales windfall from the conflict in the Middle East. Instead, their good fortune has triggered a wave ...

Falling costs, rising electricity demand and the Iran War are nurturing a boom in energy storage.

Australia is bracing for catastrophic fire risk in parts of Victoria on Friday as the country swelters through its worst heat wave since the Black Summer bushfires in the summer of 2019 and 2020.

Santos's Darwin gas plant is set for a new lease of life despite a major methane leak. The company told federal officials the risk it could be forced to meet best practice on carbon emissions was "int...

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One of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plants plans to close six years earlier than previously announced.

One of Australia’s biggest coal-fired power plants is set to close six years earlier than previously announced.

An Orsted A/S-backed wind farm venture off the Rhode Island coast can resume construction during a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order on the multibillion dollar project, a ...

American asset manager Nuveen LLC plans to spend as much as A$500 million ($330 million) on a solar and battery project in Australia within the next year, as political uncertainty clouds the outlook f...

Santos Ltd. started production from one of Australia’s highest-emitting natural gas projects, which will help bolster shipments to buyers in Asia but also threaten climate goals as the country tries t...

Amid final negotiations to seal the $19 billion takeover of Santos Ltd., suitors led by Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. were alerted to media reports of a methane leak at one of the Australian producer’s o...

So far, 31 countries have announced their 2035 emissions-reduction targets, but only two have released targets consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.

Australia will spend A$1.1 billion ($735 million) over a decade to assist growth in a local sustainable fuel sector, an announcement likely to be welcomed by the grains industry, which has been seekin...

Australia will spend A$9 billion ($6 billion) on climate adaptation through 2030 as it braces for more frequent, severe and overlapping hazards caused by global warming, the government said in two cli...

Australia is on track to overshoot its 2030 rooftop solar targets, with enthusiasm for panels and batteries offsetting drops in broader renewable investment and large projects.

The Australian government approved an extension to a Glencore Plc thermal coal mine, sparking renewed concerns from environmental groups about the country’s efforts to tackle climate change.

Australia reached financial close on a multibillion dollar undersea power cable project linking the mainland to renewable generation on the island state of Tasmania.

A liquefied natural gas export plant in Australia’s Northern Territory leaked methane for almost two decades, according to a local environmental group.

To seize its opportunity to become a global force in solar power, nation must address tariff tensions and fix a supply chain still hugely reliant on Beijing.

Lobbying has become big business, with around 727 lobbyists registered in the national capital, more than three times the number of elected officials sitting in parliament.

Australia is at reduced risk of blackouts over the next decade thanks to a rapid buildout of renewables and batteries that will help offset the retirement of the nation’s coal fleet, according to the ...