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Renewables

Australian innovation can slash wind farm concrete pours, build times and costs. But it needs a willing guinea pig
Innovation for wind turbine footings could slash wind farm concrete use and cut construction time by about 20 weeks. It just needs a developer game enough to give it a go.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 1, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Network sets out $3.5 billion case for new link to remove bottlenecks between renewables and cities
Network weighs its options to close a gap in “ring” of transmission lines linking NSW coastal load centres with its renewable energy zones and other major upgrades and mega-projects, like Snowy 2.0.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 1, 2026

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Storage

Delays at Australia’s most powerful battery led to a more than $90 million cut in payments
Regulator quantifies the revenue cuts caused by the delayed start of the giant shock absorber” battery, and the impact of the catastrophic transformer failure.
Giles Parkinson

May 30, 2026

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Storage

Big batteries scoop the pool in grid firming tender that was also open to gas generators
Big batteries scoop the pool and sideline gas in “firming tender” designed to secure supply at times of system stress as state moves to 100 per cent net renewables.
Giles Parkinson

May 29, 2026

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Policy & Planning

“No sense:” One year on, Queensland’s strict renewables rules still baffle developers and councils
Queensland’s new planning regime for large-scale renewables and battery storage remains “very messy and very complicated,” one year down the track.
Sophie Vorrath

May 28, 2026

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Renewables

How a wind and battery hybrid could replace a coal plant – and outperform it at almost every level
A “thought experiment” by a China tech giant finds wind-battery hybrids can achieve the same generation and grid services as coal plants, but with benefits.
Sophie Vorrath

May 27, 2026

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Renewables

How avoiding landfill and re-using turbines slashed the cost of decommissioning this wind farm
The experience of decommissioning Australia’s second-oldest wind farm proves that selling parts for re-use can be a great deal cheaper than sending them to landfill.
Rachel Williamson

May 27, 2026

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Electric Vehicles

From fast ferries to electric ships: How a Tasmanian company is helping reshape global shipping
The remarkable story of how an Australian company that once built some of the world’s fastest ferries is now building some of its cleanest.
Anne Delaney

May 27, 2026

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Coal

“They’re gone:” End of an era as Liddell coal plant chimneys demolished in spectacular explosion
Chimney stacks from shuttered Liddell coal plant come down in a series of spectacular explosions, highlighting the close of one era, and the start of another. With Video.
Giles Parkinson

May 26, 2026

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Storage

Australia rockets to third-largest big battery market in world, but solar and wind hit “decade low”
New report details “breakthrough year” for big batteries in 2025. But “the number that demands attention” – new wind and solar – is going in the wrong direction.
Sophie Vorrath

May 26, 2026

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Renewables

Finally, a new gigawatt-scale wind project nears construction as CIS launches yet another renewables tender
Updated: First gigawatt-scale projects under much maligned CIS expected to get going, as a number of winners say they will reach financial close this year.
Giles Parkinson

May 25, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Electricity bills to fall even further than predicted in state as renewables share nears 50 pct
Regulator sets default price of power even lower than projected in March, giving the renewables-forward state government a win with voters ahead of the November election.
Sophie Vorrath

May 25, 2026

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