Gap between Coalition ideology on climate and energy and the rest of the world is so great that even AFR readers voted Angus Taylor worst minister.
Grid operators turn to wind, solar and batteries as system issues grow
Grid and network operators look to wind, solar and battery storage to supply the essential grid services to be lost as coal and gas plants decline.
South Australia doubles size of reserve capacity deal with Hornsdale battery
Updated: Tesla big battery at Hornsdale to double reserve capacity it makes available to state government to help plug gap in inertia.
Garnaut’s Sunshot to create Australia’s first renewable energy industrial park
Ross Garnaut’s Sunshot Energy plans renewable energy industrial park in Queensland in what could be a template to revive fortunes of rural Australia.
South Australia wants all new car sales to be electric by 2035
South Australia aims to make all new car sales fully electric by 2035 and calls on federal government to introduce a fuel emission standard.
Why are the blades not spinning at Australia’s biggest wind farm?
Australia’s biggest wind farm is more or less complete, but its 149 turbines are standing idle more than a year after the original timetable for production. But we are not told why.
Old Hunter Valley coal mine could be turned into big pumped hydro storage plant
An old underground coal mine near Newcastle could be converted into a 600MW pumped hydro storage facility.
Export superpower: AEMO to model even faster paths to net zero emissions
AEMO to model faster paths to net zero emissions, with new “Export Superpower” scenario to assume Australia to get there by 2040, and more rapid emission cuts in electricity grid.
South Australia set sights on stunning new target of 500 pct renewables
South Australia predicts its emerging status as a local and global clean energy exporter could drive the state to more than 500 per cent renewables.
Tilt lands contract with Newcrest gold mine for biggest wind project in NSW
Tilt lands 15-year off-take deal with miner Newcrest to underpin development of biggest wind farm in NSW.
