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Weaning off fossil fuels: Net Zero Fund offers super-cheap loans to big business for clean energy upgrades
The new Net Zero Fund will launch in mid-2026 with a $5bn kitty of cheap money for industries wanting to go clean and green.
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Giant Pilbara wind, solar and hydrogen hub dumped by bp wins $21 million government grant
Plans for an up to 26 GW wind, solar and green hydrogen hub have new life breathed into them, just six months after they were abandoned by global oil and gas major bp.
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Wind and solar curtailment: Beneath the headline numbers from 2025
Curtailment remains one of the clearest signs of the challenges facing existing and new solar and wind projects in the NEM. Here’s what the 2025 data tells us.
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Webinar: Energy Trends 2026 – Caught in the crosswinds
Listen to our webinar on the rising role of resilient grids, dynamic pricing, and climate-proofed assets.
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Giga-scale big battery proposal seeks green tick for NSW coal country
Plans to construct a 1.6 gigawatt-hour battery in New South Wales coal country have joined the federal government’s environmental approval queue.
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Carbon credits seed new chapter in Tiwi forestry, backed by federal green bank
Tiwi Islanders are confident they’ve landed on the right forestry formula, one that’s community-led and financially and environmentally sustainable.
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“Global proof point:” Big batteries overtake peaking gas generators in Australia’s biggest state grids
Australia emerges as “global proof point” of a major structural change in electricity grids around the world, with grid scale batteries overtaking peaking gas generation.
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“We are not all crazy” – the climate and clean energy battle in Trumps’s America | Energy Insiders
Gina McCarthy, Obama’s former EPA chief and Biden’s climate czar, on the move to resist and overturn Trump’s devastating policies. Plus: News of the week, and a perfect quarter for Australia.
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Elevating trust: Fox ESS Grand Gala 2026 welcomes over 300 global partners
Fox ESS brought together global partners in Wenzhou for its Grand Gala 2026, highlighting trust, collaboration and the future of clean energy innovation.
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Farmers get climate savvy through government-backed carbon advice project
More than 120 farmers are working with experts to develop plans to manage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in a joint state and federal climate initiative.
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Rebates “strapped a rocket” to home battery demand, but has rooftop solar peaked?
New report confirms that the federal home battery rebate has put a rocket under national demand. But has rooftop solar reached critical mass?
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Contested renewable energy zone in heart of Barnaby country joins federal green queue
The hotly contested New England renewable energy zone has finally put in its application for a federal green tick under the EPBC Act.
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