Researchers have found a way to extract resources without needing to dig-up any mineral ore. Electric fields can effectively extract metals from hard rock through an innovative mining technique...
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An iron ore magnate wants to shut down the $20 billion a year coal sector and pin hopes on metal processing because it might be more environmentally friendly. Andrew Forrest wants the nation to stop...
Construction will begin shortly on the $360 million Mount Emerald Wind Farm in North Queensland. State Energy Minister Mark Bailey said the wind farm reaching financial close is another exciting step...
A world-leading project combining solar, wind and battery storage is set to be built near Hughenden in North Queensland. The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed up to $18 million...
The Queensland Resources Council launched a campaign this week to highlight the resource sector’s vital and enduring role in renewables, innovation and energy security. QRC Chief Executive Michael...
The Queensland Government has welcomed the offer of a power purchase agreement (PPA) to progress a 170 megawatt (MW) wind farm in the far north. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said Ergon Energy has...
Fighting climate change will involve massive changes to the way we produce and distribute energy. Those changes are already happening. Several studies have looked at how our energy systems will...
To have any chance of preventing dangerous climate change, the world needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero or even negative by mid-century. Many experts suggest this means we need to...
Bowen Basin Mining Club director Jodie Currie discusses the future of Australian coal, and how we need to look at the bigger picture. As we move on through 2016 and projects large and small are...
A formidable team of business, energy, and environmental experts will lead the public inquiry into establishing Queensland’s 50 per cent renewable energy target by 2030. Minister for Energy and Water...
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