Latest
Australia pre-fab solar innovator 5B lands new 70 MW order, which could grow to 2 gigawatts
Australian solar innovator 5B has landed a new order for 70 MW of its pre-assembled, rapid-deploying solar to supply the shape-shifting Aurora Energy Precinct in South Australia.Batteries start to drive up midday prices, outstripping the fall in evening peaks
Midday prices rose from around zero to $25–30 in the last 30 days, and that outweighed a fall in the evening peak. That is the big battery impact.
China PV giant says rebate expansion is spurring demand for supersized rooftop systems, and batteries
The extension of the SRES has triggered a jump in interest for solar panels – but also batteries, as companies look to reduce energy bills.
Podcasts
More News
Renewables
Australia pre-fab solar innovator 5B lands new 70 MW order, which could grow to 2 gigawatts
Australian solar innovator 5B has landed a new order for 70 MW of its pre-assembled, rapid-deploying solar to supply the shape-shifting Aurora Energy Precinct in South Australia.
Commentary
Batteries start to drive up midday prices, outstripping the fall in evening peaks
Midday prices rose from around zero to $25–30 in the last 30 days, and that outweighed a fall in the evening peak. That is the big battery impact.
High Court coal mine ruling factors in exported emissions. Why isn’t federal Labor doing the same?
The Albanese government is making great strides on clean energy, while at the same time supporting the ongoing betrayal of future generations through fossil fuel approvals.
Consumers need renewables, but the gentailers are going for gas – and the ESEM cavalry is still over the horizon
Australia’s major gentailers show no interest in wind and solar, the new market mechanism will arrive too late and governments will be forced to step in.
Gas networks want Victoria to stall electrification. Households and industry should hope it doesn’t oblige
As more and more Victorian households quit gas, there remain real and unresolved questions about who bears the cost of abandoned pipelines. Slamming the brakes on electrification isn’t the solution.Policy & Planning
Bushfires could cost Australia more than $6 billion a year in warming climate
Researchers have put a figure on the growing toll of bushfires in Australia but say better preparation could prevent billions of dollars in losses.
Most Read
1
2
3
4
Chart of the Day
Sponsored Content
Carbon, crops, and kilowatts: Building renewable energy projects through regenerative land practices
How do regenerative land practices make renewable energy more reliable? How does government policy reward carbon-positive farming? And why modern EBOS design has become a carbon technology?
The most significant structural reform to Australia’s NEM in a generation – but will financiers actually bank it?
The Electricity Services Entry Mechanism (ESEM) is the most significant structural reform to the NEM in a generation. But is it bankable?
Loading…