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

It is clear that electric trucks are increasingly competitive. Australia has an opportunity to seize the moment, but is the transport minister listening?
Transmission superhighways will revolutionise energy, but distribution network “roads” will drive the transition

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. 

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

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

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

It is clear that electric trucks are increasingly competitive. Australia has an opportunity to seize the moment, but is the transport minister listening?
Transmission superhighways will revolutionise energy, but distribution network “roads” will drive the transition

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. 
Open the grid: Why Australia needs power availability maps now

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.
Why the “generational” data centre opportunity feels a lot like the coal and gas debates of old

Why the “generational” data centre opportunity feels a lot like the coal and gas debates of old

Australians have spent decades fighting over how much multi-national investors should pay for our resources. Now, it seems the debate has shifted from the mines to the machines.
Australia has already passed gas – the market is just updating its paperwork

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

The latest gas market outlook is less of a temporary supply-gap reprieve and more the start of the fastest energy transition in history, underpinned by electrification.
If not now, when? Global energy shock must be Australia’s fossil fuel reform moment

If not now, when? Global energy shock must be Australia’s fossil fuel reform moment

This is no longer just a pump-price issue; it is a systemic shock to the Australian economy, repeating the fossil fuel hit felt during invasion of Ukraine. It is time to get off the rollercoaster.
A home battery case study: From little interest in storage, to bills that are always in credit

A home battery case study: From little interest in storage, to bills that are always in credit

Until recently, I had little interest in purchasing a household battery. I am now one of half a million Australians to have taken the plunge. Here’s how it’s going.