12 . 03 . 2025
Big east coast gas users push for domestic reserve scheme, warn of price hikes
Big east coast gas users have laid out a blueprint for gas policy reforms, including a domestic reservation scheme, amid concern a plan for the commonwealth to underwrite LNG imports will entrench high prices for local industry.
11 . 03 . 2025
LNG buyer JERA warns of significant Australian job losses unless local industry fixed
Japan’s biggest buyer of LNG has threatened to take its business elsewhere, at the cost of thousands of jobs, unless urgent policy changes are made to fix Australia’s $70bn export industry.
11 . 03 . 2025
LNG import scheme risks gas price hike, exports warn: APA Group
A stoush has broken out on the best way to address looming gas shortages on the east coast. The fix of importing LNG could send gas prices up further, according to APA Group
09 . 03 . 2025
Plan to underwrite LNG imports faces political, business test
A plan to underwrite LNG imports faces stiff political and business tests in coming days, as gas shortages loom for the east coast.
08 . 03 . 2025
‘Unfolding disaster’: country councils slam chaotic renewables shift
Country councils at the forefront of the renewables transition say the very communities being asked to power the nation could be the biggest losers.
07 . 03 . 2025
Forrest allegedly chased coal plant buy to ‘influence’ key US senator
Internal documents suggest Fortescue considered a $200 million deal based on its relationship with a US politician, whose IRA support was crucial to it passing.
05 . 03 . 2025
Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue axes US green hydrogen partnership
Australia’s biggest promoter of green hydrogen, Andrew Forrest, has axed an investment pact with US hydrogen giant Plug Power in the latest blow for the hyped clean energy power source, as developers pull back from projects following the election of Donald Trump.
04 . 03 . 2025
Green hydrogen hopes up in smoke
Australia’s green hydrogen industry has failed to fire, with 99 per cent of a $100bn supply pipeline failing to progress beyond the concept stage, punching a hole in Anthony Albanese’s aim to develop a major export industry by 2030 and meet net-zero goals.
04 . 03 . 2025
Korea Hydro Sells Asia’s First Green Bond for Nuclear Energy
South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. issued the first green bond in Asia whose proceeds can be used to finance nuclear energy projects, according to the company.
04 . 03 . 2025
BP’s Crisis Marks the Tombstone for Big Oil’s Green Pivot
Even the oil giants that attempted to switch away from fossil fuels are going back to oil and gas.
Hancock Energy is a Hancock Prospecting company.
