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

Anne Delaney

Apr 1, 2025

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

SEC chair says Victoria needs at least another two gigawatts of committed capacity to cover the 2028 closure of one of its last remaining coal plants.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 3, 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

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

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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

Multimedia

The Driven Podcast: Kia takes on the Chinese EV giants

As Kia launches its new EV3, head of product Roland Rivero discusses the company’s grand plan. Plus: The Driven team discuss the latest EV news.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 3, 2025

Policy & Planning

From Video Ezy to Netflix: Report offers three easy reforms to get NEM back to the future

New report underlines why Australia’s National Electricity Market is not fit for purpose, and sets out “easily-implemented” reforms to get it up to speed quickly.

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 3, 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

The Driven Podcast: Kia takes on the Chinese EV giants

Apr 3, 2025

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

Renewables

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

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Renewables

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

SEC chair says Victoria needs at least another two gigawatts of committed capacity to cover the 2028 closure of one of its last remaining coal plants.

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

Hydrogen

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

Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2025

Wind

Offshore wind project cleared to conduct marine studies after promising slow boats and whale watchers

Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2025

Storage

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

Giles Parkinson

Apr 3, 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

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

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

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

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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

Commentary

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

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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

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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

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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Commentary

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

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

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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

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 3, 2025

Policy & Planning

From Video Ezy to Netflix: Report offers three easy reforms to get NEM back to the future

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 3, 2025

Policy & Planning

Council says it can’t approve road upgrades in latest attempt to stop contested New England wind project

Local council is taking the fight against contested wind projects to the roads, saying it has no jurisdiction to approve upgrades necessary to transport turbines.

Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2025

Policy & Planning

Wind farm developer heads to court to fight “significant legal errors” in project rejection

Major gentailer lodges High Court appeal to challenge what it says was a flawed decision, with “significant legal errors,” to reject its proposed 300 MW wind farm.

Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2025

Interactive Maps

Australian electric vehicle sales by month and by model in 2025
by Tim Eden on 2 April 2025 at 3:22 PM
Backlash against Musk causes Tesla’s biggest ever global quarterly sales slump
by Giles Parkinson on 2 April 2025 at 3:19 PM
BYD sells 1 million EVs and plug in hybrids in first quarter, as it extends lead over Tesla
by Joshua S. Hill on 2 April 2025 at 7:25 AM
Election stalemate likely to sink Coalition threats to dump NVES penalties
by Rachel Williamson on 2 April 2025 at 2:59 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
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

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