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The federal government has awarded Strike Energy's 1.4 million tonnes per annum urea development major project status, sending shares up 11 per cent.

Hydrogen industry developers in Queensland and Western Australia are set to benefit from a federal government-funded initiative.

A Western Australian pilot project testing the performance of rooftop solar has been awarded $8.6 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison reiterated the federal government's “technology not taxes” mantra to accompany a new round of proposed funding to develop low emissions technologies.

Confirmation of Santos and Beach Energy's $220 million carbon capture and storage project in South Australia has been followed by the swift departure of Beach's chief executive, Matt Kay.

Ben Morton will be promoted to special minister of state and Melissa Price will pick up the science and technology portfolios in a reshuffle today, while separately, Slade Brockman will become Senate president.

The Pilbara is one of seven sites nationally identified as a prospective hydrogen hub, but not the Mid West.

The federal government has hit back at a senior United Nations official's call for Australia to accept coal's days are numbered.

Laws to allow offshore wind and other clean energy technologies to be built and operated have been introduced to parliament.

An energy industry body representing thousands of companies may sue the federal government if it uses Australia's green bank to invest taxpayer dollars in fossil fuel technology.

Labor and the Greens have failed in a fresh push to remove the ability of Australia's green bank to invest in fossil fuel technology.

Labor and the Greens are expected to make a fresh push on Wednesday to remove the ability of Australia's green bank to invest in fossil fuel technology.

A complete redesign of Australia's energy system is needed to ensure ageing coal-fired power generation can be safely and smoothly replaced by renewables.

Chemical manufacturer Coogee and infrastructure giant QUBE Holdings have secured grants from the federal government to develop diesel storage projects in Western Australia.

Government intervention in energy markets has grown in recent years, with winners chosen potentially at the expense of consumers.

Resources giant Rio Tinto is set to trial the use of hydrogen to replace natural gas in a bid to cut emissions from an alumina plant in Queensland.

The federal government has announced which hotels, motels and other facilities will share in $10.2 million in funding for energy saving projects.

A new carbon target for Woodside's Pluto LNG has been approved; Chevron has invested in solar; and six carbon capture projects have been granted $50 million.

A rise in renewable electricity and curbed transport industry activity have helped to drive down Australia's greenhouse gas emissions.

Australia's energy minister has again flagged a plan to incentivise coal-fired power stations to remain open for "as long as needed".

Gas pipelines, port terminals and new fields will get $58.6 million from taxpayers in next week's budget to help fuel economic recovery.

The minister responsible for reducing Australia's emissions has brushed off calls to bolster targets to curb climate change.

Another half a billion-dollar cheque has been written by the federal government to help Australia foster international partnerships on clean energy technology.

The federal energy minister has launched a strident defence of gas, claiming those against expanding the fossil fuel's role in Australia are against the interests of the nation.

Australian-made hydrogen will be exported to Japan under a world-first trial taking a big step forward for the emerging industry.

Senior Morrison government ministers have stressed a cabinet colleague accused of a horrific historical rape is entitled to the presumption of innocence.

The federal government's attempt to invest taxpayer money in new gas projects faces stiff opposition in parliament.

The Australian Workers' Union has called on the federal government to help save BP's Kwinana Refinery after a new industry support package was announced this morning.

Electric vehicles and a $100 million, 100MW battery will be integral to the state government's goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050.

Construction of a hydrogen plant that will have enough energy to power 100 homes in the coastal town of Denham has been approved by the federal government.

Australia could lose $3 trillion and 880,000 jobs over the next 50 years if climate change is not addressed, according to a report by Deloitte.

BP Australia is ceasing fuel production at its Kwinana refinery and will convert it into an import terminal, resulting in hundreds of job losses.

Major project status has been granted to the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, a 15 gigawatt green hydrogen project backed by Vestas.

Australia's energy minister is keeping coy on how much the nation's emissions will reduce by through his new technology plan.

Energy Minister Angus Taylor has dismissed concerns over whether the advisory panel who recommended a gas-fired economic recovery from the pandemic will personally benefit from the plan.

WA gas could be sent east through a pipeline but such a project would need government backing, Peter Coleman said today, while hitting back against Woodside's environmental critics.

More than $18 billion of taxpayer funds will go toward new energy technologies in a bid to lower Australia's emissions.

Australia's green bank will have its remit expanded to include carbon capture and storage, green steel and hydrogen.

Electric vehicles and pumped hydro are high on the federal government's list of short-term priorities to reduce emissions, a new report shows, as Energy Minister Angus Taylor quietly moves towards an interventionist emissions policy.

Moves by the federal government to broaden the remit of two climate change agencies have been cautiously welcomed by business leaders, with new rules to promote investment into carbon capture and storage following a review of the government's emissions reduction fund.