Victoria will have its first publicly owned windfarm after the government’s electricity commission spent $650m on a 33-turbine project in the Latrobe valley. Construction of the Delburn windfarm is due to start in early 2026 and climate advocates said the purchase of the project by the State Electricity Commission marked a key turning point for […]
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Australia news live: gas company reaches final sign-off for Beetaloo fracking project; Mark Butler to meet state health ministers over funding standoff | Australia news
Beetaloo Energy reaches final sign-off for NT fracking project Beetaloo Energy, a gas company operating in the NT’s Beetaloo basin, said it has reached a final investment decision (a developer’s formal approval to proceed with a specific project) for its Carpentaria fracking project after the Northern Territory government recently signed an agreement to see gas […]
Plan for Australia’s largest carbon capture project near Darwin criticised as creating ‘dumping ground’ | Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Oil and gas giant Inpex has proposed Australia’s largest carbon capture facility in waters off the Northern Territory, which climate advocates have warned could turn Darwin into a carbon dumping ground. The Bonaparte carbon capture and storage (CCS) project proposes to pipe and store 8m to 10m tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) into an underground […]