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“It’s a risky strategy:” Why delaying coal closures may backfire on price and reliability

Giles Parkinson

Apr 2, 2026

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“Scientific dead end:” The new push to get wind turbine syndrome back on the radar

Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2026

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Electric trucks are increasingly competitive, and could be a thing – if only the transport minister would listen

David Leitch

Apr 1, 2026

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Renewables

Rebate bonus: Rooftop solar charts sunning new installation record, spurred by home battery boom

Rooftop solar charts record month of newly installed capacity across Australia, in a stunning reversal of what looked to be a slow decline in a battery obsessed market.

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 2, 2026

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Solar Insiders Podcast: How storage and knowledge can make energy “pretty much free”

Matthew van der Linden from Flow Power shares his conviction that people have the power – and the tech – to take control of their energy costs. Plus news of the week.

Solar Insiders Podcast

Apr 2, 2026

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Coal

“It’s a risky strategy:” Why delaying coal closures may backfire on price and reliability

Governments have allowed coal closures to be delayed in the name of grid reliability and lower prices. But they are likely in for an unpleasant surprise.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 2, 2026

Renewables

“Scientific dead end:” The new push to get wind turbine syndrome back on the radar

Infrasound as a health issue is popping up again in Facebook groups and in real life talks, as proponents return to old pseudoscientific claims.

Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2026

Wind

Onshore wind energy prices hit seven year low in latest tenders

Wind auction prices in Germany hit a seven year low, averaging around $93/MWh.

Edgar Meza

Apr 2, 2026

Energy Bytes

Solar and wind reach 100% of demand in biggest isolated grid

Trump removes ‘Renewables’ from National Renewable Energy Laboratory

“Sun King” brings large-scale solar panel manufacturing back to Australia

Wind and solar developers hope for faster decisions after Labor-Greens nature deal

Renewables keep 2030 climate targets on track

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Solar Insiders Podcast: How storage and knowledge can make energy “pretty much free”

Apr 2, 2026

Energy Insiders Podcast: Is fuel rationing inevitable?

Apr 1, 2026

SwitchedOn podcast: The plug-in solar hack that’s now booming in Germany

Mar 31, 2026

Energy Insiders Podcast: The remarkable story of Australia’s first community-owned solar farm

Mar 27, 2026

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Home battery rebates and soaring diesel costs bring electrification to the masses

Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2026

Commentary

A fair energy system is worth fighting for, but without playing the solar and battery blame game

Gregory John Olsen

Apr 1, 2026

Renewables

Arena-backed green hydrogen plan disappears from queue for federal environmental approval

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 1, 2026

Policy & Planning

Oversize and overmass: State allocates $180m to road upgrades to transport huge wind turbine parts

Joshua S Hill

Apr 1, 2026

Commentary

Electric trucks are increasingly competitive, and could be a thing – if only the transport minister would listen

David Leitch

Apr 1, 2026

Renewables

Rebate bonus: Rooftop solar charts sunning new installation record, spurred by home battery boom

New

Renewables

Rebate bonus: Rooftop solar charts sunning new installation record, spurred by home battery boom

Rooftop solar charts record month of newly installed capacity across Australia, in a stunning reversal of what looked to be a slow decline in a battery obsessed market.

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 2, 2026

Renewables

“Scientific dead end:” The new push to get wind turbine syndrome back on the radar

Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2026

Renewables

Home battery rebates and soaring diesel costs bring electrification to the masses

Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2026

Renewables

Arena-backed green hydrogen plan disappears from queue for federal environmental approval

Sophie Vorrath

Apr 1, 2026

Policy & Planning

Oversize and overmass: State allocates $180m to road upgrades to transport huge wind turbine parts

Joshua S Hill

Apr 1, 2026

Storage

Home battery rebate numbers surge past 300,000 as storage shields grid from overseas shocks

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2026

Storage

Home battery boom delivers new market leader – this time from the budget end

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 27, 2026

Battery

“Evening peaks are getting longer:” Developers follow the money and start supersizing batteries

Fluence is seeing fewer requests for two hour batteries as developers jump on lucrative longer evening peak. Data centres are also in focus.

Rachel Williamson

Mar 27, 2026

Storage

Huge 1.6 gigawatt-hour battery gets federal green light for Queensland hub, state planning hurdles remain

A “strategically vital” BESS gets waved through federal environmental queue, while also reapplying for state approvals under the new LNP rules.

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 27, 2026

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Storage

Another big battery prepares to power up as Sunshine state leads extraordinary charge to storage in 2026

Battery component of solar and storage facility joins the grid, part of a boom that has already added more than 4 gigawatts of new capacity this financial year.

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 26, 2026

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Commentary

A fair energy system is worth fighting for, but without playing the solar and battery blame game

Claims that solar and battery households are “not paying their way” on the grid – and shifting costs to the have-nots – overstates the problem and misidentifies its cause.

Gregory John Olsen

Apr 1, 2026

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Commentary

Electric trucks are increasingly competitive, and could be a thing – if only the transport minister would listen

Updated: It is clear that electric trucks are increasingly competitive. Australia has an opportunity to seize the moment, but is the transport minister listening carefully enough?

David Leitch

Apr 1, 2026

Transmission superhighways will revolutionise energy, but distribution network “roads” will drive the transition

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Commentary

Transmission superhighways will revolutionise energy, but distribution network “roads” will drive the transition

We are so focused on building new transmission superhighways that we’re ignoring the smaller stuff – the existing roads of tried and tested distribution networks.

Kelly Wood

Mar 31, 2026

Open the grid: Why Australia needs power availability maps now

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Electric Vehicles

Open the grid: Why Australia needs power availability maps now

Applying for grid connections is like a fishing expedition. You lower your hook into the murk and hope you come up with something edible and not an old boot.

Ed Lynch-Bell

Mar 30, 2026

Policy & Planning

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Coal

“It’s a risky strategy:” Why delaying coal closures may backfire on price and reliability

Governments have allowed coal closures to be delayed in the name of grid reliability and lower prices. But they are likely in for an unpleasant surprise.

Giles Parkinson

Apr 2, 2026

Policy & Planning

Oversize and overmass: State allocates $180m to road upgrades to transport huge wind turbine parts

Joshua S Hill

Apr 1, 2026

Policy & Planning

Pacific Islands energy crisis: One country faces fuel import bills three times its healthcare budget

Poppy Johnston

Apr 1, 2026

Policy & Planning

State-owned transmission giant wants to claw back 45 pct more revenue from customers, citing “increased complexity”

The state-owned network wants to hike its revenue base and add that to customer bills, just as the state government crows about pushing power costs down.

Rachel Williamson

Apr 1, 2026

Policy & Planning

Never mind the fossil “sideshow,” renewables have won: Electrification is the new policy battlefront

A coalition of energy and consumer groups is urging federal government to seize the global geopolitical moment and fast-track the switch to efficient electric technologies across the economy.

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2026

Interactive Maps

Gas giant makes 11th hour decision to pull massive CCS project from EPBC

Rachel Williamson

Mar 30, 2026

Australia has already passed gas – the market is just updating its paperwork

Peter Newman and Ray Wills

Mar 27, 2026

Stand-alone solar and battery-powered level crossings deliver an Australian first for regional rail

Joshua S Hill

Mar 30, 2026

Floods, inflation, insolvency: Transgrid says blowout in transmission costs “entirely” out of its control

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 30, 2026

Home battery rebate numbers surge past 300,000 as storage shields grid from overseas shocks

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2026

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Grid batteries reach stunning new peak of 44 pct of evening demand in world’s fourth biggest economy

Giles Parkinson

Apr 1, 2026

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Sunshine State sets a new renewables record – before the sun comes up

Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2026

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Rise of the “big orange blob”: Australia’s biggest batteries change the game in its largest isolated grid

Giles Parkinson

Mar 17, 2026

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Graph of the Day: Batteries overtake gas in morning peaks in Australia’s most advanced renewable grid

David Leitch

Mar 15, 2026

Copenhagen completes transition to an entirely electric bus fleet
by Joshua S. Hill on 1 April 2026 at 10:39 AM
EV registrations surge 50 pct in March as Australians go electric amid fuel crisis
by Riz Akhtar on 1 April 2026 at 6:07 AM
Aion UT review: Small, cheap, and surprisingly complete electric hatchback
by Sam Parkinson on 1 April 2026 at 5:03 AM
Renault prices electric Megane E-Tech at $50k-drive-away for limited time
by Joshua S. Hill on 1 April 2026 at 1:35 AM

Solar Insiders Podcast: Energy smarts for home batteries and EVs
by Sophie Vorrath on 21 January 2026 at 2:14 AM
SwitchedOn podcast: Why energy companies should be forced to act in their customers’ best interests
by Anne Delaney on 20 January 2026 at 3:32 AM
SwitchedOn podcast: Future-proofing footy – the climate solutions strengthening local clubs
by Anne Delaney on 29 December 2025 at 11:30 PM
SwitchedOn Podcast: The embedded network solution that takes a village – and powers it
by Anne Delaney on 22 December 2025 at 4:25 AM

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