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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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Wind

One of Australia’s oldest wind farms turns 20 today, and will live on for another decade

Rachel Williamson

Mar 31, 2025

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Solar Insiders Podcast: Get ready for battery rebates

Wayne Smith from the Smart Energy Council on what to expect from the federal home battery rebate (and when to expect it) and Australia’s “sliding doors” energy election.

Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Apr 2, 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

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

Solar

Meta signs 25-year off take deal for planned floating solar PV system to support regional data centres

Global online and AI giant Meta has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to support the development of a 150MW floating solar PV system in Singapore.

Joshua S Hill

Apr 1, 2025

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

Energy Bytes

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

What’s really driving high power bills, and how can we reduce them?

Podcasts

Solar Insiders Podcast: Get ready for battery rebates

Apr 2, 2025

Energy Insiders Podcast: A cheaper way to host wind and solar

Mar 28, 2025

Energy Insiders Podcast: The tipping point in solar and battery storage

Mar 21, 2025

The Driven Podcast: Will everything go electric?

Mar 19, 2025

Renewables

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

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Renewables

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

The world’s largest producer of gold will source renewable electricity from Western Australia’s biggest wind farm, to help power its local gold and copper mine operations.

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 1, 2025

Hydrogen

Huge green iron project back on track with new land deal for giant electrolyser

Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2025

Wind

Offshore wind project skips EPBC review after promising slow boats and whale watchers

Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2025

Renewables

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

Anne Delaney

Apr 1, 2025

Renewables

Australia’s largest off-grid hybrid power system goes online at remote mine after overcoming floods

Joshua S Hill

Apr 1, 2025

Storage

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

Giles Parkinson

Apr 2, 2025

Storage

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

Matthew Biss

Mar 30, 2025

Storage

Big battery boom could deliver 18 GW of grid-scale energy storage by 2035

BNEF says Australia is on the cusp of a big battery boom that could deliver an eight-fold increase in capacity.

Matthew Biss

Mar 30, 2025

Storage

Do eight-hour big batteries stack up? One developer says it’s tough enough to fund projects half the size

Developer of the biggest battery yet in South Australia says the company has struggled to make projects with four-hours of storage “commercially viable,” let alone eight.

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 28, 2025

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Storage

First China-made Tesla Megapack batteries on their way to big Australian storage project

The first Chinese-made Tesla Megapack batteries are on their way to Australia, as the US brand maintains its dominance over battery storage market.

Giles Parkinson

Mar 27, 2025

Commentary

New

Commentary

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

New

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

Dutton’s gas plan will run out of gas – unless he embraces wind and solar

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Commentary

Dutton’s gas plan will run out of gas – unless he embraces wind and solar

Peter Dutton’s entire extra supply from his National Gas Plan will disappear up a smokestack if wind and solar is prevented from replacing ageing coal power.

Tristan Edis

Apr 1, 2025

Is Australia’s “carbon neutral” scheme being abandoned?

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Is Australia’s “carbon neutral” scheme being abandoned?

In the rush to call the election, it appears the Albanese government left at least one federal climate policy in a state of limbo.

Michael Mazengarb

Apr 1, 2025

Policy & Planning

Sydney gets ready for fossil gas ban, seeks views on how best to electrify homes, business

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Policy & Planning

Sydney gets ready for fossil gas ban, seeks views on how best to electrify homes, business

City of Sydney moves step closer to banning gas connections in new homes and businesses, seeks views on how best to electrify everything.

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 1, 2025

Coal

Origin spares taxpayer the tab for Eraring coal plant extension, because the consumer will pay

Giles Parkinson

Apr 1, 2025

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

Policy & Planning

“Missing middle:” Local networks say they can host wind and solar at fraction of cost of new transmission

Distributed networks say they can host vast amounts of wind, solar and storage capacity at a fraction of the cost of new transmission, and plan their own ISP to prove it.

Giles Parkinson

Mar 28, 2025

Policy & Planning

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

There was a moment in Peter Dutton’s pitch to voters when the full Trumpian catastrophe of his climate, energy and industry policies should have been exposed.

Giles Parkinson

Mar 28, 2025

Interactive Maps

Tesla sales stagnate in Norway despite arrival of new Model Y, and surging EV market
by Giles Parkinson on 1 April 2025 at 9:42 PM
Volkswagen offers free EV charger and installation for some ID.4 and ID.5 customers
by Joshua S. Hill on 1 April 2025 at 8:15 AM
Why the Tesla backlash could help electric cars finally go mainstream
by Hannah Budnitz on 31 March 2025 at 11:21 PM
Nissan unveils new SUV-style Leaf bound for Australia in 2026
by Joshua S. Hill on 31 March 2025 at 10:41 PM

Pressure mounts on major parties to back home batteries as best remedy for energy woes
by Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson on 1 April 2025 at 2:15 AM
Australia’s fifth-largest airport triples size of rooftop solar system
by Matthew Biss on 1 April 2025 at 12:18 AM
China solar giant unveils world’s first 800W-plus PV module
by Joshua S Hill on 31 March 2025 at 11:56 PM
Bunnings hits 100 pct renewables – including rooftop solar at 163 sites, and counting
by Joshua S Hill on 27 March 2025 at 2:44 AM

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