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Coalition and Labor agree on bill busting benefits of electrification, and kicking gas out of homes

Sophie Vorrath & Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2025

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Renewables

Farmers, energy experts and locals ask: What’s in the renewable boom for us?

Anne Delaney

Apr 1, 2025

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Policy & Planning

No more fossil “gasplaining” – going electric is past the tipping point and guaranteed to slash cost of living

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2025

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Big batteries provide one third of state’s power needs, smashing records and “big banana” tropes

Batteries become dominant player in Australia’s most renewable state, providing more than one third of state demand in early morning peak.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 5, 2025

Renewables

Wind and solar push renewables share closer to 50 pct despite record level of negative prices

Wind and solar farm output jumped 12% in March quarter from the same period last year, and helped send market prices into negative territory more often.

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 4, 2025

Energy Insiders: Solar and battery make better grid partners than wind

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Energy Insiders: Solar and battery make better grid partners than wind

Engie’s Laura Caspari explains why batteries are paired better with solar than wind, and why data centre load could unlock more renewables. Plus: News of the week.

Giles Parkinson & David Leitch

Apr 4, 2025

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CleanTech Bites

“Australia is the place to be:” Italian and Japanese energy giant seal deal for renewable expansion

Italian and Japanese joint venture declares Australia is the “place to be” for renewables after sealing deal for control of local wind and solar developer.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 4, 2025

dutton abbott morrison hot mic climate pacific

Policy & Planning

“It’s about survival:” Pacific islands slam Coalition threat to drop bid to co-host COP31

Tuvalu climate minister says Coalition plans to abandon bid to co-host COP31 creates “uncertainty” and undermines Australian regional diplomacy in the Pacific.

Royce Kurmelovs

Apr 4, 2025

Energy Bytes

Renewable target scrapped as CLP goes all in on ageing gas plant, and is warned of blackout risks

Explainer: Why are wind turbines so big – and could smaller be better?

Dutton goes full Trump on climate, energy and industry as Albanese sets May 3 election date

Giant wind farm opponents give up legal battles, to focus efforts on delayed federal green tick

Four projects still competing for spot in Australia’s sixth offshore wind zone

Podcasts

Energy Insiders: Solar and battery make better grid partners than wind

Apr 4, 2025

The Driven Podcast: Kia takes on the Chinese EV giants

Apr 3, 2025

Solar Insiders Podcast: Get ready for battery rebates

Apr 2, 2025

SwitchedOn podcast: Why we have electricity tariffs all wrong

Apr 2, 2025

Renewables

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Renewables

Wind and solar push renewables share closer to 50 pct despite record level of negative prices

Wind and solar farm output jumped 12% in March quarter from the same period last year, and helped send market prices into negative territory more often.

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 4, 2025

Renewables

Wind project rejoins planning queue with fewer but much bigger turbines, and a battery

Rachel Williamson

Apr 4, 2025

Renewables

Victoria needs at least another 2 GW of committed capacity before next coal closure, says state energy chief

Giles Parkinson

Apr 3, 2025

Renewables

Wine region solar farm to use hail-proof PV modules in Australian first

Joshua S Hill

Apr 2, 2025

Renewables

World’s biggest gold miner signs up to buy green power from WA’s biggest wind farm

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 1, 2025

Storage

Chart of the day

Big batteries provide one third of state’s power needs, smashing records and “big banana” tropes

Giles Parkinson

Apr 5, 2025

Storage

UK developer proposes $800 million, 1.6GWh big battery in heart of NSW coal country

Matthew Biss

Apr 4, 2025

Storage

Another big battery joins the grid as charging and discharging records fall across the country

Another battery joins the grid at the site of an existing coal fired power station, as new charging and discharge records are set across the NEM.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 3, 2025

Storage

China solar giants are now turning to battery storage, and building the projects themselves

Falling costs of storage and need to tailor output of solar is encouraging China PV giants to double up on solar and batteries, and build the projects themselves.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 2, 2025

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Storage

Origin-backed energy storage start-up unveils “breakthrough” redox flow battery

NSW-based company unveils its proprietary microemulsion flow battery technology for the first time, promising a breakthrough in long duration energy storage.

Matthew Biss

Mar 30, 2025

Commentary

Developer Rating Scheme is welcome progress, but more needed to bridge information gap

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Developer Rating Scheme is welcome progress, but more needed to bridge information gap

Federal Labor’s Developer Rating Scheme is a step in the right direction, but doesn’t bridge the renewables information gap we’re seeing across rural and regional Australia.

Tony Goodfellow

Apr 4, 2025

Coalition leans on absurd gas definition for fossil subsidy bonanza

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Coalition leans on absurd gas definition for fossil subsidy bonanza

Election Watch: The Coalition has resorted to claiming that gas is solid, to appease a fuming fossil gas industry. It is not working.

Ketan Joshi

Apr 4, 2025

Littleproud’s great pretence on nuclear insurance, as sparkies attack Coalition nuke proposals

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Littleproud’s great pretence on nuclear insurance, as sparkies attack Coalition nuke proposals

The coalition seems to be falsely claiming it accounts for nuke insurance in its models, as sparkies come out concerned about nuke power.

Ketan Joshi

Apr 2, 2025

Social hour at the gas rodeo: Why the market is broken

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Commentary

Social hour at the gas rodeo: Why the market is broken

I sometimes wonder how senior management at gas companies rationalise what they do to the lives of their kids and grandkids, never mind everyone else’s.

David Leitch

Apr 1, 2025

Policy & Planning

“It’s about survival:” Pacific islands slam Coalition threat to drop bid to co-host COP31

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Policy & Planning

“It’s about survival:” Pacific islands slam Coalition threat to drop bid to co-host COP31

Tuvalu climate minister says Coalition plans to abandon bid to co-host COP31 creates “uncertainty” and undermines Australian regional diplomacy in the Pacific.

Royce Kurmelovs

Apr 4, 2025

Policy & Planning

“Slow death:” World adds smallest amount of new coal power capacity in two decades

Royce Kurmelovs

Apr 4, 2025

Policy & Planning

“Deal sealed” for Australia’s first renewable energy zone, but wait goes on for news of access rights

Giles Parkinson

Apr 4, 2025

Policy & Planning

Why Trump’s tariffs shock could be good for Australia’s green energy transition

One of the world’s biggest specialist investors in renewable energy says Trump tariffs could be good news for Australia’s green energy transition.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 3, 2025

Policy & Planning

Labor will announce home battery rebate in “coming days,” says federal treasurer

Jim Chalmers says Labor will unveil its plan to support the uptake of home battery storage “in coming days.”

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 3, 2025

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MG reveals key upgrades to charging and battery in new MGS5 EV
by Riz Akhtar on 4 April 2025 at 8:00 AM
“Passion for Tesla has suffered:” Germany sees opportunity for its own EV makers
by Giles Parkinson on 4 April 2025 at 3:50 AM
Polestar 4 review: Never mind the rear camera, it is what’s out front that pleases
by Riz Akhtar on 4 April 2025 at 3:18 AM
World’s biggest all electric ferry to begin ocean trials in Australian waters in May
by Rachel Williamson on 4 April 2025 at 3:09 AM

Rooftop solar market in limbo as consumers await home battery policy reveal
by Sophie Vorrath on 4 April 2025 at 3:35 AM
Cooking with gas will burn up electrification bill savings, dampen grid benefits
by Sophie Vorrath on 2 April 2025 at 9:31 PM
SwitchedOn podcast: Why we have electricity tariffs all wrong
by Anne Delaney on 2 April 2025 at 3:42 AM
Solar Insiders Podcast: Get ready for battery rebates
by Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson on 2 April 2025 at 2:03 AM

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