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Storage

Big battery deals dominate as investors buy, sell, finance and contract Australian energy storage
Big battery projects including stand-alone BESS and solar-hybrids dominated investment activity in the final quarter of 2025, featuring in 16 deals across financing, M&A and PPAs.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 4, 2026

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Renewables

Australian renewables pipeline “running laps” around net zero targets. It’s the pace that is lacking
New data on Australia’s solar, wind and battery development pipeline confirms that the constraint has never been ambition or opportunity, but the pace of delivery.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 3, 2026

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Commentary

Home battery installs hit quarter-million mark under federal rebate. But is the party over?
The installation of more than 250,000 discounted batteries is an extraordinary result, delivering around 6.2 MWh of storage. But ongoing success is not a given.
Tristan Edis

Mar 2, 2026

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Solar

Higher fixed network tariffs could erase the benefits of the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate
New analysis finds that raising fixed network charges could snatch back the savings promised to solar households through the federal battery rebate.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 25, 2026

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Policy & Planning

State Labor pledges huge renewables tender for land “twice the size of Kangaroo Island”
State Labor government shifts into caretaker mode after locking in “pivotal” plan to launch a major competitive tender for new solar, wind and storage projects.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 23, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Could the AEMC be “kinda right” about fixed network costs? Late submission lobs curveball into debate
A last-minute submission gives an unexpected take on debate over a proposal to raise fixed electricity network costs, asking ‘what if the AEMC is… kinda right?'”
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 19, 2026

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Renewables

Records tumble as nine wind and solar projects, 1 GW of batteries join grid in just three months
If Angus Taylor thought there was “too much wind and solar” on Australia’s grid back when he was federal energy minister in 2018, have we got news for him in 2026.
Rachel Williamson

Feb 17, 2026

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Renewables

Solar and wind titans reboot push for huge inland renewables zone, as “least-regret pathway” to coal-free NSW
A consortium of companies led by Tilt Renewables wants AEMO to factor in a massive, up to 10 GW inland REZ to its 2026 blueprint for the national grid.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 17, 2026

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Renewables

“We don’t doubt ourselves:” Fortescue’s race to real zero – and the radical rethink behind it
Iron ore giant Fortescue has just four years left to meet its real zero emissions by 2030 target, a mammoth task that will require it to fundamentally change how it operates. So can it be done?
Rachel Williamson

Feb 16, 2026

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Storage

The little battery that could pave the way for ageing coal generators to be shut down on schedule
Concern about system security has already delayed the closure of Australia’s biggest coal generator. But a landmark battery project may provide a quicker and cheaper solution.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 13, 2026

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Storage

Origin says big batteries “playing well” with ageing fossils, but won’t rule out new gas peakers
Origin Energy says big batteries are doing the heavy lifting for its aging fossil fuel plants, and cutting the costs of gas, but won’t rule out new gas peakers.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 12, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say
Renewables advocacy groups join the likes of Tesla to push back against proposals to increase the fixed network cost component of electricity bills.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 11, 2026

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