CEFC commits $70 million to energy and transport projects backed by state owned fund investment fund
CEFC provides another $70 million to help $100 billion state-run investment fund drive more emission cuts in portfolio companies.
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CS Energy has blamed human error on an internal IT network for the sudden outage that caused the trip of the two units at the Callide C coal generator last Thursday.
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Chancellor Friedrich Merz has launched a fresh critique of German work ethic, questioning why employees take an average of “almost three weeks” of sick leave annually instead of working harder to boost the country’s dwindling economy.
Wall Street futures fell sharply alongside the USD (and Bitcoin) while gold and undollars rose on the weekend tariff orders from the Trump regime, with the Europeans playing hardball. Asian share markets are all in the red given the risk off mood with the latest Chinese economic figures (and more importantly – population figures –
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The world's first giga-scale battery project was installed in 2021. This year, there will be 120 of them.
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Queensland's troubled coal plant suffers new outages, just two months after huge maintenance spend, leading to evacuation and new questions about LNG energy plan.
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A turbine fire at ageing wind farm causes five-hour shutdown as owner mulls options for repowering the facility.
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Firefighters investigate cause of blaze in Adelaide, which has caused major damage to energy company 1Komma5º's solar panel and battery warehouse.
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Although batteries still account for a modest share of total capacity, they are exerting a disproportionate influence in Australia's main grids.
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TME with the details. That was the soft launch They told us AI was a chatbot. A productivity toy. A nicer autocomplete. That was the soft launch. In its latest Tech Predictions, CB Insights argues that AI’s next phase is no longer digital, but physical. Models are moving into machines, vehicles, warehouses, and defense systems,
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The first of two current shipments from Simndou has arrived in China. There are no reports of further January shipments. Operations are limited by the return of 18 locomotives to China, which were supposed instead to be made by Wabtec (Westinghouse) or in the US. Another 37 locomotives are scheduled for delivery by March, and
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With the release of the latest gross operating company profit data from the ABS, it was revealed that they were flat in nominal terms for the quarter, despite analysts expecting a 1.5% quarter-over-quarter rise. This result leaves the nation’s gross operating company profits in an undesirable position when it comes to contributing to GDP, up
BofA’s master strategist is bullish on China. The Price is Right:“new world order = new world bull” as Trump drives global fiscal excess; stay long international stocks (Chart 3) as US exceptionalism positions rotate to global rebalancing (note $1.6tn US equity inflow in 2020s vs. just $0.4tn to global funds–Chart 4); China our favorite long

You can always tell how murderous the U.S. empire is being from day to day from the expression on warmongering senator Lindsey Graham’s face, and right now he looks like he just found his mother dead in the bathtub.
Caitlin Johnstone: Just Read Lindsey Graham’s Face
Lindsey Graham’s long face is encouraging. Maybe war with Iran really has been put off for the time being.