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South Korea auto giant bets $A8 billion on AI, hydrogen and solar-powered industrial future
South Korean car and EV maker invests nearly 9 trillion won in an “innovation hub” to advance robotics, artificial intelligence, hydrogen technology and solar energy.
Joshua S Hill

Mar 3, 2026

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Policy & Planning

New demand, new renewables: Industry calls on data centres to BYO solar, wind and storage
Coalition of energy industry bodies, unions and NGOs says data centres are welcome on Australian grids, but only if “new demand brings new renewables with it.”
Rachel Williamson

Feb 26, 2026

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Renewables

Fortescue’s electrification spend hits $1 billion-a-year “run rate,” as diesel savings start to flow
Fortescue says its electrification spend should hit a “run rate” of about $1bn a year to the end of the decade. And it is already banking savings from swapping out diesel.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 25, 2026

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Commentary

The UK has just thrown its weight behind community energy. Australia should too
Last week, the UK committed up to £1 billion to community and local energy, with an ambition that by 2030, every community will have the opportunity to own an energy project. Australia should take notice.
Eleanor Buckley

Feb 22, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Transmission “legacy:” State launches CopperString community benefits fund
A community benefits find will share $50 million across a series of “legacy projects” for communities located along the route of the planned CopperString transmission link.
Joshua S Hill

Feb 19, 2026

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Storage

Canberra’s biggest battery to fund rooftop PV and storage for charities through community benefit scheme
Williamsdale battery in Canberra to fund two rooftop solar and battery storage systems for local not-for-profit organisations, as part of a combined $500,000 community benefit program.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 11, 2026

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Battery

Community batteries now cheaper to install than home storage, Ausgrid says
The cost per kilowatt hour of community batteries has plunged, says Ausgrid, making them competitive even with subsidised home batteries.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 18, 2025

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Renewables

“Every component of my life was attacked:” How wind farm misinformation tore community apart
Sheep and cattle farmer describes what gross misinformation about wind farms looks like in a small regional community – and what it costs the people who live there.
Anne Delaney

Nov 18, 2025

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Renewables

“The wheels fell off:” Farmer tells Senate how misinformation killed a community battery project
Senators hear how misinformation is costing regional communities real projects, money and trust.
Anne Delaney

Nov 14, 2025

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Solar

Shock and dismay as one of Australia’s biggest solar recycling hopes put into administration
One of Australia’s big hopes for solar recycling has been put into administration – much to the surprise of the company – and just months after industry warnings.
Rachel Williamson

Nov 6, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“$300 billion, not $9 trillion:” Net zero report authors put record straight after Nationals inflate costs 30-fold
Authors of net zero cost report say use of their attention grabbing bill headline of $9 trillion is misleading, and the real additional cost is $300 billion. Oops.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 5, 2025

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Chart of the day

World’s biggest isolated grid hits new peak of 89 per cent renewables, led by rooftop solar
WA’s main grid – the biggest isolated system in the world – hits a remarkable new renewables peak of 89 per cent, driven mostly by rooftop solar.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 5, 2025

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