Australia's gas-fired power fell 34% to its lowest Q3 level since 2000 as renewables hit a record 44.3% of generation, AEMO says. Grid-scale battery capacity more than tripled year-over-year. #Australia#Renewables#NaturalGas#Batteries
Woodside has resumed work on its $12.5B Scarborough LNG project off Western Australia after two Greenpeace activists who boarded the platform were removed and charged. The 98%-complete project targets first LNG in Q4. #Woodside#LNG#Australia
Greenpeace activists halted operations at Woodside's $12.5B Scarborough LNG platform off Western Australia. Two were arrested and face up to 10 years. The 98%-complete project was due online this year and may now slip. #LNG#Woodside#Australia
Victoria has approved the 1.5 GW Warracknabeal Energy Park: 219 turbines plus two 300 MW batteries, enough to power 1.2M homes. It would be Australia's largest wind farm and the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere. #Wind#Australia#Renewables
Shell slams Australia's plan to make LNG producers reserve up to 20% of output for the domestic market, calling it "a sledgehammer to crack a nut." The rule, due in 2028, targets east coast shortage fears. #LNG#Australia#Shell#NaturalGas#Energy