LNG, the company set to produce the first liquefied natural gas out of Gladstone, is on the verge of signing a deal to supply gas from 2012.
LNG announced in February it had signed a heads of agreement with its biggest shareholder, Norwegian company Golar LNG, to supply all of its first production train, which has [...]

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5/06/2009 - Santos Ltd says they are in discussions with an Asian customer regarding the purchase of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from its project at Gladstone, Queensland.
“While there is no guarantee that an agreement will be concluded, the discussions are progressing well and there is the prospect that a final agreement will be reached in [...]

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Over the next five years $18 million will be spent by an exploration company trying to find geothermal water wells in western Victoria.
Hot Rock has been granted a permit by the State Government to explore the area stretching from Casterton to Clear Lake in order to build a power plant on.
Drilling is expected to start halfway through [...]

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The Liberal candidate for Blackwood Stirling, Wade de Campo, says he supports the development of a 40 megawatt biomass power station near Manjimup.
The Greens’ candidate, Luke Petersen, says the station should be split into smaller plants to reduce the impact on local produce growers who oppose it.
But Mr de Campo says the plant has received [...]

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AAAI’s new website
The AAAI Group has launched its new website at www.aaai.com.au. They have made their website easier to navigate, more user friendly and have added a range of new features. The new site features a streamlined navigation system which now only contains four main sections, helping candidates get to what you want faster. They [...]

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A large underground basin of “hot rocks” has been discovered by geologists who believe it could provide clean energy to a quarter of Queensland.
The Millungera Basin, located about 100 kilometres east off Cloncurry in North-West Queensland, covers a 15,000 square kilometre area and could hold geothermal energy potentially to rival that of the Copper Basin [...]

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A report, commissioned by the Australian Workers Union (AWU), on the cost of climate change has called for the aluminium industry to be granted short-term exemption from an emissions trading scheme (ETS).
A poorly-designed emissions trading scheme could cost Australia’s aluminium sector 15,000 jobs and force the industry offshore the report warns.
The exemption from an ETS [...]

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Using sheets of glass covered with organic dyes, US scientists have devised an efficient and practical solar power device that they believe can help make the clean, renewable energy source more affordable.
Experts eager for energy sources that do not involve the burning of fossil fuels often point to the promise of solar energy, but solar [...]

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Victoria’s biggest water and energy users will be required to come up with a plan to cut their consumption.
More than 250 sites across Victoria, including hospitals, shopping centres, the Melbourne Zoo and universities, will be affected.
The Environment Minister Gavin Jennings says the program will deliver net savings.
Mr Jennings says the new Environment and Resource Efficiency [...]

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200 people are expected to attend the clean coal summit at NSW Parliament this morning.
Those attending include key participants from the mining, research, infrastructure and investment industries as well as representatives from the state and federal governments.
The Australian government’s top climate change advisor, Professor Ross Garnaut will deliver the keynote speech.
A move towards clean coal [...]

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