Battery

Policy & Planning

Rooftop PV system sizes are shrinking in line with battery rebates, but it’s still a bumper year for home solar
Rooftop solar uptake has ridden the wave of Cheaper Home Batteries, but new data shows how changes to the rebate are also helping to dictate solar system size.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 6, 2026

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Renewables

Giga-scale Pilbara wind and solar project seeks to pass final planning hurdle
First Nations group behind several giga-scale renewables projects launches DA for its latest huge wind and solar proposal.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 6, 2026

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Storage

Australia’s biggest coal generator set to be replaced by the world’s biggest battery
Origin Energy seeks approval for new addition to its Eraring battery that would take the total size to 1200 MW and 8600 MWh, easily the biggest in the country.
Rachel Williamson

Oct 5, 2026

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Renewables

Going full hybrid: Massive, $2 billion solar and battery proposed at site of newly expanded wind farm
More projects are going hybrid: A $2 billion solar and battery addition is proposed to what is already the state’s biggest and newly expanded wind farm.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 5, 2026

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Storage

Huge 195-tonne transformer arrives at big battery site after 1,300 km road trip
One of the heaviest and longest road trips ever undertaken in Australia’s energy transition has been completed, with the delivery of a 195-tonne transformer for a new big battery.
Giles Parkinson

Oct 4, 2026

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Storage

Australian company behind home battery that Bowen bought enters administration, hit by flood of “cheaper” imports
Australian battery maker whose customers include the federal energy minister has gone into voluntary administration, unable to stay afloat in the flood of “cheaper imported batteries.”
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 2, 2026

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Storage

Developer of first solar farm on Australia’s main grid completes its first stand-alone battery project
New battery is one of two that received funding to provide grid-forming inverters, and is the first standalone battery for company that built the NEM’s first grid-scale solar farm.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 30, 2026

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Storage

Owner of Australia’s largest wind farm seeks federal approval for one of its biggest batteries, in coal country
Plans by the owner of Australia’s biggest wind farm to build a new stand-alone battery, with a capacity of up to 1 gigawatt and four hours of storage, join federal queue.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 29, 2026

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Renewables

Consumers put squeeze on coal as Australian households install record amounts of solar and batteries
Australian households have installed a record number of rooftop solar systems and home batteries so far this year, well above official forecasts.
Sophie Vorrath & Joshua S. Hill

Sep 29, 2026

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Communities

Home battery owners need more flexibility to break resistance to VPPs, Rewiring Australia survey finds
Few home battery owners have signed up to join virtual power plants, with concerns about loss of control and a lack of trust discouraging a higher take-up.
Peter Hannam

Sep 28, 2026

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Renewables

“Too much wind and solar?” The state-wide blackout and the dinner party that changed the course of history
It is 10 years since South Australia’s state-wide blackout: Far from being the end of the renewable transition, it became a catalyst for stunning technology advances.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 28, 2026

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Communities

Social housing tenants to get coordinated rooftop PV and home batteries in first urban renewable zone
First urban renewable energy zone to host pilot program to demonstrate how social housing tenants can benefit from cor-ordination of rooftop PV and home batteries.
Peter Hannam

Sep 28, 2026

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