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Storage

Gigawatt-hour battery plan edges closer to construction as Swiss giant takes full ownership of site
Swiss storage giant completes purchase of the project site for big four-hour battery, setting a tentative start-date for early 2027 construction.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 4, 2026

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Renewables

“Golden turbine” complete, in huge milestone at rare state-owned wind farm
Installation of the “golden” turbine is being hailed as a “huge milestone” for a wind farm that has survived the LNP government sell-off and remains 100 per cent owned by a state utility.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 4, 2026

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Storage

Can you run a paper mill on solar and “hot bricks”? Visy says it can – on paper, at least
A paddock of solar and an innovative converter could allow Visy to cut gas use by 40% on one site without the added cost of a new grid connection.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 4, 2026

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Renewables

Molten silicon storage hopeful 1414 Degrees takes full ownership of Aurora Energy Precinct
Australian thermal storage developer takes full ownership of energy precinct that once proposed to host a landmark solar thermal plant before evolving into a hybrid renewables and storage hub.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 4, 2026

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Climate

“No room for doubt:” Supersized El Nino threatens to become strongest ever recorded
The world should brace for extreme heat as an exceptionally strong El Nino develops, the World Meteorological Organisation warns.
Emma Farge

Sep 4, 2026

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The Driven

The Driven Podcast: EVs outsell petrol and diesel cars in Australia
Electric cars account for 24.9 per cent of new vehicle sales in August and outselling petrol-only and diesel vehicles individually. Plus, news of the week.
The Driven Podcast

Sep 4, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Offshore wind “absolutely needed” and electrification efforts must defy “vested interests,” D’Ambrosio says
Victoria’s former energy minister talks gas bans and coal closures – and says that without offshore wind in the state’s mix, there will need to be “a hell of a lot more onshore.”
Peter Hannam

Sep 3, 2026

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Commentary

Note to One Nation: Regions aren’t rejecting renewables, they just want them done properly
Anger about renewables will not be fixed by scrapping, burning or burying. If political leaders listen carefully, they may discover what regional Australians really want.
Andrew Bray

Sep 3, 2026

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Policy & Planning

“Why do we bother?” Australia can’t compete with China’s green transition, but it can leverage its success
A key to China’s “staggering” economic success is that its “commitment to decarbonisation is absolutely clear,” says Tim Buckley. Australia can gain a lot from this – but it cannot compete.
Peter Hannam

Sep 3, 2026

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Renewables

First turbine goes up at state’s only wind farm under construction
The first of 69 wind turbines has been erected at the 414 megawatt project that is the only large-scale wind farm currently being built in New South Wales.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 3, 2026

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Renewables

Hundreds left without electricity as fire guts hydro power station
A major hydroelectric power plant has gone up in flames, gutting the station’s main building and leaving hundreds of homes without electricity.
Callum Godde & Nick Wilson

Sep 3, 2026

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Storage

Big battery owner slapped with hefty fine for pushing up power prices and “profit maximising”
State owned company cops hefty fine for “profit maximising” and electricity price “distorting,” through battery bidding it says was caused by a software glitch.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 3, 2026

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Renewables

New solar farm connects to grid, part of state’s first PV-battery hybrid project
The solar component of what is likely to be the first PV-battery hybrid in Victoria, and the first fully government owned renewable project, connects to the grid.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 3, 2026

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Renewables

Here’s how many wind and solar projects Victoria stands to lose if VNI West is dumped
Using loss factors and line congestion risk, we’ve tallied how far the damage could spread if the VNI West transmission link is cancelled, as promised by the Coalition and One Nation.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 3, 2026

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Storage

Amazon inks its first ever standalone battery tolling agreement – with a project in Australia
Global web services giant signs its first ever standalone battery “tolling” agreement, globally, in a deal with a battery project in East Gippsland, Victoria.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 2, 2026

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Climate

“Bloody dangerous territory:” World on track to exceed 1.5°C warming
Earth is on track to exceed 1.5 degrees of warming within years, the United Nations has warned, exposing communities to more extreme weather.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Sep 2, 2026

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Renewables

“Fully funded, fully contracted:” Construction team ready to go on state’s largest solar-battery hybrid
Frontier Energy says it has secured all major contracts to start construction later this month on the first stage of what will be state’s largest solar and battery hybrid.
Joshua S Hill

Sep 2, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Scrapping VNI-West will “guarantee a massive increase” in power bills, former energy minister warns
Scrapping VNI-West and other projects designed to support renewable energy will result in “massive” electricity bill rises, says Victoria’s former energy minister.
Peter Hannam

Sep 2, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Fortescue green iron rival wins Arena cash to scale up Perth demonstration plant
Element Zero, the upstart Pilbara green iron contender and survivor of a legal challenge from Fortescue, has won an Arena grant to scale-up of its Perth demonstration plant.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 2, 2026

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Policy & Planning

NSW opposition energy spokesperson announces retirement months out from state election
The New South Wales Coalition Opposition’s energy and climate change spokesperson, has announced his retirement from politics just half a year out from the state election.
Peter Hannam

Sep 2, 2026

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