AGL, one of Australia’s largest coal-fired power station operators, is not having a good year. It has fought off a hostile takeover effort led by Mike Canon-Brookes, had to swallow the bitter pill of a failed demerger, and now is bowing to the inevitable and announcing the early closure of … [continued]
Start with a large one and invest in outdated and socially repugnant technology. Australia’s largest generator and largest emitter, AGL, is finding itself in hot water. It has recently announced a $2 billion loss for the 2021–2022 financial year that was caused by clinging to coal and delaying the switch … [continued]
Australian energy company AGL has announced plans to close the 2 gigawatt coal-fired Liddell Power Station and replace it with at least 1.6 gigawatts of renewable energy, battery storage, and demand response.
Just three months after Origin Energy stunned the renewables industry with a record low power off-take deal for the 530MW Stockyard Hill Wind Farm in Victoria, AGL Energy has delivered more of the same, securing an off-take price of below $60/MWh through the sale of its 453MW Coopers Gap Wind Farm, between Kingaroy and Dalby in Queensland’s south-east.
GE Renewable Energy and leading Australian electricity utility AGL will partner on developing the country’s largest wind farm, the 453 MW Coopers Gap Wind Farm in the country’s northeast.
Global clean energy leaders have called on the Australian Government to back funding for renewable energy projects, following suggestions on both sides of the political aisle that they will hamstring the Australian Renewable Energy Agency from funding future renewable energy projects. Both the Liberal and Labor parties in Australia have … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. Tuesday marks the three-month anniversary of the closure of the last coal-fired “base-load generator” in the South Australia electricity market, and despite the best efforts of many in the Coalition and the Murdoch media, there is nothing to suggest that other states will not follow suit, … [continued]
Originally published on EV Obsession. The Australian electric utility company AGL will be offering a flat AUS$1 a day for all-you-can-do electric vehicle charging to customers with one of the company’s smart meters, according to recent reports. The new offer was announced by AGL CEO Andy Vesey at the recent … [continued]
The Australian energy storage market is on the rise, as households turn to batteries to avoid ever increasing electricity tariffs. This is the major takeaway from a new report published by IHS, Energy Storage Intelligence Service, which has tracked the Australian energy storage market and found it has grown from less … [continued]
Australian utility AGL and global solar PV manufacturer and provider First Solar have completed Australia’s two largest solar PV plants, doubling the country’s total solar PV capacity. The 102 MW Nyngan and the 53 MW Broken Hill solar projects are the two largest projects in the country, and reached completion this … [continued]
