Asia oil giant snaps up big Australian solar portfolio at top of the market

6 February 2023

Asia oil giant buys into Australian solar market in deal that gives it a large operating portfolio and a bigger…

Genex to fast-track 1.6GW solar project as foundations complete for first big battery

6 February 2023

Genex looks to fast track 1.6GW solar project in Queensland as it completes foundations to its first battery storage facility.

NSW network joins rush to batteries to soak up solar, save on poles and wires

6 February 2023

Essential Energy teams with AGL to install a 2MWh battery in the rooftop solar-heavy Port Macquarie region.

Fuel tax exemptions make no sense – for the climate or the economy

6 February 2023

New report argues fuel tax credits should be removed for on-road users, and halved for off-road users, to drive emissions…

Space-aged solar innovation: Is it coming down to Earth?

5 February 2023

Research projects designed to harness solar energy in space are driving new approaches to the technology that could pay dividends…

Networks win rights to access “community” battery scheme in controversial call by regulator

3 February 2023

Monopoly electricity network companies have won limited rights to own and operate community batteries in one-off waiver to ring fencing…

Solar tracker giant sets up manufacturing facility in Australia to supply local projects

3 February 2023

Array Technologies will set up manufacturing facilities on Australian soil as part of VRET conditions to supply a new Victorian…

Eleven Aussie battery start-ups tapped for “hyper-acceleration”

3 February 2023

A new initiative aims to drive onshore lithium battery innovation by challenging 11 start-ups to deliver ground-breaking new technologies or…

The radical plan to build world’s biggest green electrolyser and hydrogen power plant

3 February 2023

South Australia defied the critics with the first Tesla big battery, now it plans to do the same with the…

Energy Insiders Podcast: Does a green hydrogen power plant stack up?

3 February 2023

Sam Crafter dealt with technology skeptics when he led the task force for the Tesla Big Battery. Now he's doing…

How solar farms can double as havens for our wildlife

3 February 2023

We know about “agrivoltaics”, where land under and around solar panels is used to grow crops and graze livestock. But…

Carbon emissions from Australia’s ‘Dirty Dozen’ more than half Pacific Islands’ emissions

3 February 2023

Between 2016 and 2021, a group of just 12 Australian fossil fuel companies emitted more carbon pollution than 50% of…