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Major energy company AGL has revealed plans to spin its gas and coal-fired power plants into a separate business called PrimeCo under a ‘structural separation’.And it is beginning sale processes
Energy company AGL is facing a shareholder push to bring forward the closure dates of its Bayswater and Loy Yang A coal-fired power stations.The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR)
Renewable energy company Austrom Hydrogen says it has secured land in the Callide region suitable for a 3600MW solar-powered hydrogen facility.The company is exploring partner opportunities domestically and internationally to
Construction is underway on four mini solar farms, and additional roof-mounted solar panels, at five of the Cairns Region’s wastewater treatment plants.Solgen Energy Group was awarded the $3 million contract
A new Real Energy subsidiary has earmarked sites in the Surat Basin and near Gladstone for a potential large-scale hydrogen fuel plant.Pure Hydrogen Corporation was established to undertake a detailed
The Federal Government has set up a $300 million fund to back projects focused on growing a clean and competitive hydrogen industry in Australia.The Advancing Hydrogen Fund will be administered
Anglo American, BHP, Fortescue and Hatch are looking to advance emissions-busting technology through a new Green Hydrogen Consortium.The consortium aims to identify opportunities to develop green hydrogen technologies for the
Work to assess the feasibility of a renewable hydrogen demonstration plant co-located near Stanwell Power Station is receiving $1.25 million Federal support.The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) announced the funding
Gladstone has been selected as the location for a $1.61 billion chemical complex proposed to produce green hydrogen and ammonia at industrial-scale. The Hydrogen Utility’s (H2U) latest project, H2-Hub Gladstone,
Osborne Construction Solutions and Babinda Electrics are building a $6 million Cairns research and development facility for energy technology. The Micro-grid and Isolated Systems Test facility will be built at
Rod Duke has been named as the new chief of publicly-owned Energy Queensland, parent company of Energex and Ergon, with the role to be based in Townsville.Treasurer Jackie Trad said
A Hydrogen Industry Forum in Townsville has sparked plans to set up a working group with a focus on industrial land on the city’s southern outskirts.State Development Minister Cameron Dick
Luminous Energy has completed a contract to connect its proposed 162MW Columboola Solar Farm to the state’s network via the Columboola Substation.Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said the solar farm,
An industry forum in Townsville next month will explore the billion-dollar opportunities for hydrogen production and projects in Queensland’s future.Businesses and decision-makers from around regional Queensland are due to connect
ARENA is stumping up almost $3 million for two Central Queensland sites to assess the feasibility of building ammonia plants fed by renewable hydrogen.The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) will
