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- Apr 30, 2024
- 23 pages
This Month
- Opinion
- Australian economy
Gas critics are signing up for coal and candles
The climate movement needs to ask itself what is worse: gas in the new energy mix, or coal that lingers for longer.
- Craig Emerson
Lendlease doubts $112m bill; Musk’s video win; Wall St legend’s truths
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
- Analysis
- Energy transition
What was Origin Energy boss Frank Calabria really doing in London?
He flew halfway round the world to hold a strategy day for UK upstart Octopus Energy. The message for Origin shareholders and analysts: take another look.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Origin reaps $420m Octopus gain as Aware Super climbs on board
The UK energy disruptor has upped its valuation by 15pc, in a transaction that brought in Aware and raised the value of Origin’s stake beyond $2 billion.
- Hans van Leeuwen
April
Kean questions need for Eraring bailout
It will be the “NSW government”, not the renewables sector, that faces the music if sluggish wind, solar and transmission rollout leads to blackouts.
- Updated
- Jacob Greber
Origin’s LNG revenue drops 8pc in March quarter
Lower global prices for oil and gas dragged down LNG revenue at the energy giant to $2.6 billion.
- Updated
- Elouise Fowler
Booming AI demand threatens electricity supply
Regulators are scrambling to factor the explosive growth of data centres into demand projections as one network warns of a 250 per cent surge in power needs.
- Ben Potter
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
‘Big Short’ hero’s new big idea is one Aussie investors can ride
Famed US investor Steve Eisman says that when things are good, markets trade on stories. But there’s one theme that stands out from the rest.
- James Thomson
Aussie MMA start-up quietly lists in the US after $9.9m raise
Manly-based Alta Group, which runs a mixed-martial-arts training platform, has debuted on the New York Stock Exchange after raising $US6.5 million.
- Tess Bennett
Japan wind project founders as other decisions remain secret
Flotation Energy says it is ‘very surprised and disappointed’ after hearing last week that it had failed to secure an offshore licence for Gippsland.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Ben Potter
Origin Energy suitor EIG nabs stakes in three major LNG projects
The private equity group, partly owned by Saudi Aramco, has made three investments in ventures run by Woodside, Chevron and Shell and will open a local office.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
March
Savvy energy traders are betting the house on Australian power
European trading houses and utilities are pairing traders and meteorologists to predict weather patterns and make millions from moving Australian energy.
- Aaron Weinman
The exquisite timing of Aussie Broadband’s Superloop share raid
Nothing gets the blood pumping more than a good ol’ hostile takeover.
- Updated
- Lucas Baird
- Exclusive
- Working from home
Bosses tie bonuses to office attendance
The company has joined rival energy company Origin in linking office attendance to annual bonuses and performance reviews.
- Euan Black
Gladstone industry hit by gas supply cuts after pipeline fire
Rio Tinto and Orica are two customers scrambling to deal with a significant reduction in gas supply to Gladstone.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Origin Energy in final furlong of $4b Yanco Delta deal
Origin – under pressure to get a major renewables project into its pipeline – could be set to overpay for the development.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Exclusive
- Mergers & acquisitions
AusSuper vindicated by Origin valuation in wake of bid’s collapse
After sparring on Brookfield’s bid, AusSuper’s CEO backs Origin’s leadership but will not rule out a tilt for a board seat in future.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Why CEOs should care about the gender pay gap; Reporting season winners and losers
This week, James and Anthony examine the bombshell report into Australia’s gender pay gap and dish out the Chook awards for reporting season winners and losers.
Eraring closure ‘tall order’ as plant underpins supply in heat spike
The country’s largest coal power generator is scheduled to shut in 18 months as negotiations between its owner, Origin Energy, and the NSW government drag on.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
February
Power market in the dark as negotiations over Eraring drag on
A burst of heat in NSW on Thursday looks set to reinforce how vital the generator is for keeping the lights on, adding pressure to the ongoing discussions.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Samantha Hutchinson
