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Grid Connections 2026: Who’s going where and doing what in Australia’s green energy transition

Grid Connections 2026: Who’s going where and doing what in Australia’s green energy transition

Changes at the top at FRV Australia, SEC, Pilot Energy, Quinbrook, Origin and Boundless Earth. Plus new board appointments at AEMO and BZE, people movements at VicGrid, GIP and more.
Plan for Australia’s biggest solar-battery hybrid, with eight hours storage, get federal green tick

Plan for Australia’s biggest solar-battery hybrid, with eight hours storage, get federal green tick

Plans for one of Australia’s biggest solar-battery hybrid projects have been waved through the federal EPBC queue just one month after joining it.
Big batteries to get paid a lot more for having six hours of storage instead of four

Big batteries to get paid a lot more for having six hours of storage instead of four

Capacity payments jump sharply as regulators focus on big batteries with more storage. And despite the drop in cell prices, other costs have gone up.
A record $A3.3 trillion was invested in the global energy transition in 2025, BNEF says

A record $A3.3 trillion was invested in the global energy transition in 2025, BNEF says

Global investment into the energy transition reached a record $US2.3 trillion ($A3.33 trillion) in 2025, up 8 per cent from the previous year,
Ontario utility wants to double the asking price of nuclear, while US wants reactors on the moon

Ontario utility wants to double the asking price of nuclear, while US wants reactors on the moon

Ontario utility asks regulator to double the price it is paid for nuclear power – to the equivalent of $A222/MWh – to cover the costs of new reactors and upkeep.
Smoke stack at one of Australia’s last oil-fired power stations demolished in controlled explosion

Smoke stack at one of Australia’s last oil-fired power stations demolished in controlled explosion

The 110-metre smoke stack for the shuttered Bell Bay power station, one of the last oil-fired generators in the country, has been demolished.
Season’s greetings, and thanks for your support: We’re having a break to rest, reflect and reboot!

Season’s greetings, and thanks for your support: We’re having a break to rest, reflect and reboot!

We’re having a break to rest, reflect and reboot.
Australian innovator uses Lego as template for coal-free iron smelting technology

Australian innovator uses Lego as template for coal-free iron smelting technology

Australian technology innovator says lessons from Lego suggest modular and scalable systems are key to new iron smelting platforms that do not burn coal.