#Energy

Newcastle Council is set to discuss the possibility of a ban on fossil fuel advertising across the city at its meeting on Tuesday night.

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has given MACH Energy the green light to move forward with a major expansion of its Mount Pleasant mine near Muswellbrook.

The Hunter's peak business body is welcoming the Federal Government's hopes to develop an offshore wind farm on the region's coast.

Port Stephens Council is set to install new solar panels on 14 community buildings as part of its effort to become carbon neutral by 2025.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has released a new 30-year roadmap, hoping to safeguard the electricity grid across the Hunter and the country against further energy crises.

The next eight years will be important to get right, say advocates for local mine workers, as BHP announces plans to close the Mt Arthur coal mine in 2030.

Labor has announced $16 million for a new facility at the University of Newcastle, for research into hydrogen and other renewable energy industries in the Hunter.

The Prime Minister was in the Hunter on Wednesday morning, announcing a $50 million investment in a new business and research partnership with the University of Newcastle and the University of New South Wales.

The Kurri Kurri gas plant has been given the final go-ahead by the Federal Environment Minister.

Federal Labor says it will now support the controversial Kurri Kurri Gas Plant project, with the understanding its government would ask Snowy Hydro to operate on 30 percent green hydrogen.