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☆ Residents in Rural Australia Urged to Evacuate as Bushfires Rage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Oct. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Authorities on Saturday urged thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state to evacuate as bushfires that have destroyed at least 30 homes continued to threaten rural towns. Australia faces a high-risk bushfire season after the onset of an El Nino weather event, associated with extreme events such as wildfires, cyclones and droughts. Australia's last two fire seasons have been quiet compared with the catastrophic 2019-2020 "Black Summer" of bushfires that destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people. "There's a concerted effort being made by all to throw what we can at these fires," Queensland Rural Fire Service Assistant Commissioner Peter Hollier told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. The broadcaster reported more than 30 homes had been destroyed in the bushfires, sparked this week and fanned by hot, dry winds.

Persons: Tara, Peter Hollier, Hollier, Sam McKeith, William Mallard Organizations: SYDNEY, Brisbane, Queensland, Emergency Services, Queensland Rural Fire Service, Australian Broadcasting Corp Locations: Australia's Queensland, Queensland, Tara, Australia, El Nino, Turkey, Sydney

☆ Residents in rural Australia urged to evacuate as bushfires rage
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Authorities on Saturday urged thousands of people in Australia's Queensland state to evacuate as bushfires that have destroyed at least 30 homes continued to threaten rural towns. Australia faces a high-risk bushfire season after the onset of an El Nino weather event, associated with extreme events such as wildfires, cyclones and droughts. Australia's last two fire seasons have been quiet compared with the catastrophic 2019-2020 "Black Summer" of bushfires that destroyed an area the size of Turkey and killed 33 people. "There's a concerted effort being made by all to throw what we can at these fires," Queensland Rural Fire Service Assistant Commissioner Peter Hollier told the Australian Broadcasting Corp. The broadcaster reported more than 30 homes had been destroyed in the bushfires, sparked this week and fanned by hot, dry winds.

Persons: Tara, Peter Hollier, Hollier, Sam McKeith, William Mallard Organizations: SYDNEY, Brisbane, Queensland, Emergency Services, Queensland Rural Fire Service, Australian Broadcasting Corp, Thomson Locations: Australia's Queensland, Queensland, Tara, Australia, El Nino, Turkey, Sydney

☆ Total’s green bet on Gautam Adani is a win-win
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Pranav Kiran | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

On Tuesday, the company said it would invest $300 million to form a joint venture with $19 billion Adani Green Energy (ADNA.NS) to build solar and wind farms in the country. The latest tie-up ought to help Total to hit its target of having 100 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030. Adani Green Energy and Adani Total Gas (ADAG.NS), in which Total owned stakes of about 20% and 37% at the end of June, have lost about 50% and 80% of their market value since January, and are among the worst performing of the group’s nine core listed entities. Total’s green capacity targets may be more pressing than the risk of further Adani problems. Adani Green will contribute assets to the joint venture, it said in a statement, adding that the deal will help it achieve its target of having 45 gigawatts of renewable energy capacity by 2030.

Persons: Gautam Adani, Carmichael, Hindenburg, Patrick Pouyanné, Adani, Una Galani, Katrina Hamlin Organizations: Reuters, Adani Enterprises, Adani, Green Energy, Australia, GQG, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Energy, Thomson Locations: Indian, Ahmedabad, Queensland, BENGALURU, –, India

☆ Six dead in 'tragic' house fire in Australia's Queensland
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

SYDNEY, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Five boys and their father were killed after fire ripped through a house in Australia's Queensland state early on Sunday, police said. These are young boys that could have become men into the future, and a man has lost his life as well," he said. Queensland Fire and Rescue said the house had collapsed due to the fire and some nearby residences were affected. Nine people were treated at the scene, with three taken to hospital, Queensland Ambulance Service said. Reporting by Sam McKeith in Sydney; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, David Gregorio and William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mat Kelly, Kelly, Sam McKeith, Jonathan Oatis, David Gregorio, William Mallard Organizations: SYDNEY, Sunday, Queensland, Rescue, Queensland Ambulance Service, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Investigations, Thomson Locations: Australia's Queensland, Russell, Brisbane, Redland Bay, Queensland, Sydney

☆ Australia to make, export Germany's Boxer armed carrier to Germany
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 10 (Reuters) - Australia will sign an in-principle agreement to deliver more than 100 Australian-made Boxer armed carriers to the German military, in one its largest defence export deals, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in Berlin. German defence contractor Rheinmetall (RHMG.DE) started manufacturing the Boxer Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle in Australia's Queensland state in March, under a contract to supply 211 vehicles to the Australian military, creating 1,000 Australian jobs over a decade. The war in Ukraine has seen European nations replenish military equipment, resulting in the deal for Australia to export the German military technology back to Germany. Albanese said Australia will "deliver over 100 Boxer armed carriers here to Germany". Australia has been invited to NATO as an Indo-Pacific Four partner, along with Japan, South Korea and New Zealand.

Persons: Anthony Albanese, Albanese, Olaf Scholz, Kirsty Needham, Lincoln Organizations: Rheinmetall, Boxer, NATO, Thomson Locations: Australia, Berlin, Queensland, Ukraine, Germany, Lithuania, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Sydney

☆ Heavy rain in Australia triggers flood evacuations in Queensland
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SYDNEY, March 11 (Reuters) - Emergency services in Australia's Queensland state evacuated residents to higher ground on Saturday, as record-breaking floods sparked by heavy rain lashed the region's northwest. Fifty three residents of the isolated Gulf Country town of Burketown, about 2,115 km (1,314 miles) northwest of state capital Brisbane, had been evacuated since heavy rain triggered floods earlier this week, police said Saturday. At Burketown, the flood topped the March 2011 record of 6.87 metres after up to 293 mm of rain fell on Thursday and Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology previously said. Police were co-ordinating the evacuation via helicopter to the mining town of Mount Isa, about 425 km (264 miles) south. Flood alerts were current on Saturday for large swaths of Queensland, and there were also warnings for severe storms, heavy rainfall, and potential flash flooding in many parts, including the Gulf Country.

☆ Australian contractor Clough's collapse leaves more than $8 bln of projects in limbo
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( Sonali Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

It said the goal is to source "immediate interim funding to be able to continue work on as many projects as possible as quickly as possible". Clough is also handling construction of the A$768 million ($515 million) Waitsia Stage 2 gas project, owned by a unit of Japan's Mitsui & Co (8031.T) and Australia's Beach Energy (BPT.AX). The Waitsia Stage 2 project was due to start producing gas for export through the North West Shelf liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in late 2023. "Given that an administrator has only just been appointed for Clough, it would be premature to speculate on the precise impacts for the Waitsia Gas Project Stage 2," Mitsui E&P Australia said in a statement. TransGrid said it would continue to work with Clough's partner Elecnor to deliver the A$2.3 billion project.

A preferred solution is to accelerate the energy transition by adding more renewable generation, and crucially, more storage to smooth out the inherent variability of technologies such as wind and solar. At the 121 Mining Investment conference in Sydney on Wednesday the problems were put into focus by the group largely being neglected in the energy transition, the miners and project developers. None of this bodes well for increasing the speed of the energy transition. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterEditing by Christian SchmollingerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

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