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“Too complex, too hard, too often unfair:” Plan to reform electricity pricing backs contentious tariff changes

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2026

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Investors still “largely downbeat” about renewables, as policy and fossil risks overshadow rewards

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 17, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Must do better: Bowen seeks rule change to force energy retailers to do right thing by electricity customers

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 17, 2026

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Macquarie storage offshoot presents two four-hour battery projects for federal green tick

Storage specialist has nine projects in its portfolio in Australia, with two going public on the EPBC on one day.

Rachel Williamson

Jun 18, 2026

Markets

Frequency penalties are costing some solar farms millions, but this is the market working

Data shows solar farms and big batteries are the biggest loser and winner following changes to who gets paid or penalised for grid instability.

Rachel Williamson

Jun 18, 2026

PV research powerhouse wins fresh Arena funding to pursue ultra-low cost solar

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Renewables

PV research powerhouse wins fresh Arena funding to pursue ultra-low cost solar

Australia’s flagship solar research program has secured another six years of federal funding to continue its world-leading work on foundational PV technologies and ultra-low cost solar.

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2026

Markets

LGC prices have more than doubled in a few weeks, but who are the buyers – data centres or speculators?

The LGC market is having a moment, doubling in price in a matter of weeks, and no one is too sure why. Could it be data centre demand, or not so idle speculation.

Giles Parkinson

Jun 18, 2026

Policy & Planning

Demand response trials could open up more than 1 gigawatt of extra grid capacity

This may be one of the most important trials underway today, at least if data centres are to provide the grid services they promise.

Rachel Williamson

Jun 18, 2026

Energy Bytes

Solar and wind reach 100% of demand in biggest isolated grid

Trump removes ‘Renewables’ from National Renewable Energy Laboratory

“Sun King” brings large-scale solar panel manufacturing back to Australia

Wind and solar developers hope for faster decisions after Labor-Greens nature deal

Renewables keep 2030 climate targets on track

Podcasts

SwitchedOn podcast: The hidden energy guzzler in Australian backyards – and how it could help the grid

Jun 17, 2026

Solar Insiders Podcast: The public power company plugging the gaps

Jun 12, 2026

SwitchedOn podcast: How I electrified – and why energy efficiency came first

Jun 12, 2026

Energy Insiders Podcast: “The grid doesn’t need rotating mass”

Jun 11, 2026

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Renewables

“Electro-tech super-levers:” How solar, batteries and EVs are beating out gas and oil across Asia

Joshua S Hill

Jun 18, 2026

Storage

One of Australia’s biggest battery projects seals new contracts with renewable-focused energy retailers

Giles Parkinson

Jun 18, 2026

Policy & Planning

“Too complex, too hard, too often unfair:” Plan to reform electricity pricing backs contentious tariff changes

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2026

Commentary

We’re targeting 35 pct electrification in less than 10 years – but 35 pct of what?

Ray Wills

Jun 17, 2026

Renewables

Investors still “largely downbeat” about renewables, as policy and fossil risks overshadow rewards

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 17, 2026

Renewables

Frequency penalties are costing some solar farms millions, but this is the market working

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Markets

Frequency penalties are costing some solar farms millions, but this is the market working

Data shows solar farms and big batteries are the biggest loser and winner following changes to who gets paid or penalised for grid instability.

Rachel Williamson

Jun 18, 2026

Renewables

PV research powerhouse wins fresh Arena funding to pursue ultra-low cost solar

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2026

Renewables

“Electro-tech super-levers:” How solar, batteries and EVs are beating out gas and oil across Asia

Joshua S Hill

Jun 18, 2026

Renewables

Investors still “largely downbeat” about renewables, as policy and fossil risks overshadow rewards

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 17, 2026

Solar

New Zealand dairy giant signs two major solar deals as it works to wean itself off coal boilers

Joshua S Hill

Jun 17, 2026

Storage

Battery

Macquarie storage offshoot presents two four-hour battery projects for federal green tick

Rachel Williamson

Jun 18, 2026

Storage

One of Australia’s biggest battery projects seals new contracts with renewable-focused energy retailers

Giles Parkinson

Jun 18, 2026

Storage

Australia’s biggest isolated grid to soak up suburban solar with 18 new community batteries

Federal and state governments back rollout of 18 community batteries on parts of the grid with particularly high rooftop solar uptake.

Joshua S Hill

Jun 16, 2026

Storage

State green bank backs four new big batteries in first investment to fill gaps from coal exit

State green back invests in four new big battery projects to be built in quick time by an offshoot of the local network company, in time for anticipated coal closures.

Giles Parkinson

Jun 16, 2026

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Storage

GM bets the house on new sodium-ion battery technology in major push into grid-scale storage

GM follows other car makers into grid scale storage, but it has chosen to focus on sodium-ion technology, which it argues is lower cost and safer.

Joshua S Hill

Jun 15, 2026

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We’re targeting 35 pct electrification in less than 10 years – but 35 pct of what?

The COP31 co-presidents had the idea right on global electrification targets. They got the measurement wrong.

Ray Wills

Jun 17, 2026

Chart of the Day: Farewell King Coal, long live King Solar (and wind and batteries)

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Commentary

Chart of the Day: Farewell King Coal, long live King Solar (and wind and batteries)

In capacity-addition terms, fossil fuels are now just a thin orange strip at the bottom of a very tall green wall.

Ray Wills & Peter Newman

Jun 16, 2026

Network tariffs: Imagine if the AEMC was in charge of selling milk

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Commentary

Network tariffs: Imagine if the AEMC was in charge of selling milk

If the AEMC really thinks that we should pay for networks just like we pay for milk, then I’m hopeful that they’ve come to their senses on this fraught issue.

Tristan Edis

Jun 16, 2026

How to ditch gas for induction cooktops without frying your apartment building’s electrics

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How to ditch gas for induction cooktops without frying your apartment building’s electrics

A recurring misconception about electrifying apartments is that the building can’t support induction cooktops. But the switch is more straightforward than most expect.

Ben Elliston

Jun 16, 2026

Policy & Planning

Demand response trials could open up more than 1 gigawatt of extra grid capacity

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Policy & Planning

Demand response trials could open up more than 1 gigawatt of extra grid capacity

This may be one of the most important trials underway today, at least if data centres are to provide the grid services they promise.

Rachel Williamson

Jun 18, 2026

Policy & Planning

“Too complex, too hard, too often unfair:” Plan to reform electricity pricing backs contentious tariff changes

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 18, 2026

Policy & Planning

Must do better: Bowen seeks rule change to force energy retailers to do right thing by electricity customers

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 17, 2026

Policy & Planning

Contested wind project pivots turbines and cuts footprint after discovering more endangered cycads

Wind farm developer has shaved 110 hectares off its footprint after working with EPBC planners to improve the environmental credentials of the contested project.

Rachel Williamson

Jun 17, 2026

Policy & Planning

Zero interest loans launched to help lower income homes get off gas with solar, batteries, insulation

State government launches Home Energy Saver program offering zero-interest loans of up to $15,000 to help pay for upgrades including rooftop solar, batteries, electric appliances and insulation.

Joshua S Hill

Jun 17, 2026

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Income cap for rooftop solar rebate lowered as scheme clears major new milestone

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 15, 2026

More than just a COP headline: 35 pct electrification target is a global competitiveness test

Michael Barnard

Jun 15, 2026

Depleted batteries and very expensive gas: How a two-day heatwave led to a near doubling of quarterly prices

Giles Parkinson

Jun 12, 2026

Two Telstra-contracted solar farms power up in two separate states

Joshua S Hill

Jun 11, 2026

Queensland ratchets up investment in CopperString transmission project

Joshua S Hill

Jun 11, 2026

Chart of the Day

Commentary

Chart of the Day: Farewell King Coal, long live King Solar (and wind and batteries)

Ray Wills & Peter Newman

Jun 16, 2026

Chart of the day

Photo of the Day: Australia should allow wind turbine blades to be trucked in convoy

Giles Parkinson

Jun 16, 2026

Chart of the day

New records for wind and battery output in last month of autumn, taking big bite out of coal and gas

Lynton Hoey

Jun 15, 2026

Solar

Wind and solar generation records tumble, despite drought, and as batteries continue to ramp up

Sophie Vorrath

Jun 4, 2026

NRMA back road user tax for EVs, but legal expert says it needs to apply to all cars
by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson on 17 June 2026 at 8:13 AM
London rolls out its 3,000th zero emission bus
by Joshua S. Hill on 17 June 2026 at 7:55 AM
BYD EVs power “world’s largest barbecue lesson” with V2L and electric BBQs
by Joshua S. Hill on 17 June 2026 at 4:34 AM
Video: Subaru Trailseeker – The electric outback we’ve been waiting for?
by Sam Parkinson on 17 June 2026 at 12:36 AM

Solar Insiders Podcast: Energy smarts for home batteries and EVs
by Sophie Vorrath on 21 January 2026 at 2:14 AM
SwitchedOn podcast: Why energy companies should be forced to act in their customers’ best interests
by Anne Delaney on 20 January 2026 at 3:32 AM
SwitchedOn podcast: Future-proofing footy – the climate solutions strengthening local clubs
by Anne Delaney on 29 December 2025 at 11:30 PM
SwitchedOn Podcast: The embedded network solution that takes a village – and powers it
by Anne Delaney on 22 December 2025 at 4:25 AM

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