Archived News for Energy Sector Professionals - January, 2016
The South Australian Government is backing new moves to bring more technology into the mining sector.
Unions dig at coal mine lung issues
Unions are keeping up their campaign to warn coal miners and their employers about ‘black lung’.
BHP lines up for big decline
BHP Billiton is staring down the barrel of a $10.3 billion write-down on its US shale oil and gas assets.
Cops complain of bikie bruising
Victoria Police say construction unions are using outlaw bikie gangs as “hired muscle”.
Insiders spy nuclear new year
The director of the Energy Initiative at the University of Queensland says this year could see the rise of nuclear energy as a way for developing nations to provide base load power and keep carbon dioxide emissions down.
New deal for big gas expansion
Fossil fuel firm AWE has signed an agreement with Alinta Energy to allow the development of a gas field in the Perth basin.
Rooftop bill bid rejected
The Federal Court has dismissed SA Power Networks’ efforts to charge a tariff on homes with solar panels.
Salty sun power warming up
The next few weeks should see progress on an entirely new energy system for Australia.
WA pole sale backed by analysts
Analysts say WA Government-owned Western Power’s poles and wires are the best electricity assets to sell in response to the surging popularity of rooftop solar.