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Germany at a crossroads: what a nuclear power station tells us about its energy dilemma

Neckarwestheim’s nuclear power station was granted a stay of execution amid Russian gas shortage. Some want it to stay while others can’t wait for it to go

The Guardian - UK

$125 a tonne domestic coal cap confirmed as Albanese unveils power plan

Labor says coal and gas caps will ease bills

Newcastle Herald

Afternoon Update: national cabinet agrees to cap gas, coal prices; Covid cases rising; and South Koreans getting younger

Gas and coal prices will be capped, and relief is coming on energy bills, as parliament is recalled

The Guardian - AU

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Coal and gas prices to be capped as national cabinet strikes deal

The government expects its energy market intervention will spare the average household from $230 in otherwise expected price hikes next year, as national cabinet agrees to impose price caps on gas and coal.

ABC News

National cabinet updates: Bill relief among federal government measures to tackle energy price hikes — as it happened

Wholesale gas and thermal coal prices will be capped and households offered bill support, under a national cabinet deal to counter surging electricity prices

ABC News

NSW declares gas pipeline project 'essential to NSW'

Dominic Perrottet says the pipeline will be the 'backbone' of the state's gas needs.

Newcastle Herald

Green hydrogen exports from WA seen as possible power source for Europe

The WA government will take part in an international study to determine how to fast-track hydrogen exports from Oakajee, north of Geraldton, to the Netherlands and Germany.

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Coal cap looks wrong, but realistic examination of power grid is long overdue

Blaming coal for the electricity grid's conversion crisis

Newcastle Herald

Wide support for National Transition Authority

Energy companies and unions have expressed broad support for a Greens' proposal to establish a national transition authority to manage the energy transition.

Newcastle Herald

Rishi Sunak’s U-turn on windfarms reflects the Tories’ failure to protect rural England

As the Conservatives squabble over planning and housing targets, England’s countryside is being destroyed, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

The Guardian - UK

Anthony Albanese urges national cabinet to endorse unprecedented intervention to cap coal and gas prices

As the year's end draws near, the prime minister convenes national cabinet, asking it to impose a price cap on coal and gas, fearing worse price spikes in 2023.

ABC News

How do floating wind turbines work? 5 companies just won the first US leases for building them off California's coast

Northern California has some of the strongest offshore winds in the U.S., with immense potential to produce clean energy. But it also has a problem. Its continental shelf drops off quickly, making building traditional wind turbines directly on the seafloor costly if not impossible.

The Conversation

Report criticises coal price cap and says gas the real driver of power prices

"A price cap on coal is a short term political fix, not the solution it is being portrayed as, and it may actually make things worse.

Newcastle Herald

Cumbria coal mine: empty promises of carbon capture tech have excused digging up more fossil fuel for decades

The idea that a technology called carbon capture and storage (CCS) could catch molecules of CO₂ as they emerge from the chimneys of power stations and factories has been around for more than two decades. Michael Gove, the secretary of state responsible for “levelling up” the UK’s regions, recently justified…

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Leaders strike agreement on energy relief

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has landed a deal with eastern states to provide power bill relief for households and businesses.

The Guardian - UK

Rome’s solar-powered Christmas tree lights spark row over ‘ugly’ panels

Critics accuse authorities of ‘bogus environmentalism’ over installation in historic Piazza Venezia

Irish Mirror

Leo Varadkar says electricity supply will be 'quite tight' for next two weeks

Concerns have been raised over the possibility of an amber energy alert being issued

The Guardian - AU

Big energy users not holding their breath on national cabinet help amid ‘outrageous’ prices

Companies hoping, but not expecting, Albanese government can implement price caps on gas and coal

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Reuters

Kremlin: gas union with Uzbekistan not about political conditions

The Kremlin said on Thursday that a proposed gas union including Uzbekistan did not involve imposing "political terms" on the Central Asian nation.

Caixin Global

China’s Local Governments Set Out Plans to Meet 2030 Peak Carbon Goal

Some 14 provincial-level regions have released detailed action plans, with the Southwestern province of Guizhou and North China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region among the latest to make announcements

Belfast Live

Electric Ireland customers face New Year price hike

“We realise that the continuing cost of living crisis will make it difficult for some customers."

Belfast Live

Power NI cutting electricity tariff but bills to stay same thanks to Government aid reduction

Consumer Council says "consumers won’t see a difference in their bills"

Reuters

Germany, Netherlands set out red lines on EU gas price cap

Six European Union countries, including Germany and the Netherlands, have warned that they cannot accept other member states' attempts to lower further the level at which the bloc will cap gas prices, according to an email seen by Reuters.

Birmingham Post

10 questions for Angela Carney of Carney Consultancy

With several positions in the construction sector, Tyneside businesswoman Angela Carney answers our questions

Birmingham Post

Humber carbon capture power station given go-ahead in UK first for Net Zero technology

Keadby Three from SSE Thermal and Equinor is awarded development consent order

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