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Policy & Planning

Big batteries to face same strict planning rules as solar and wind projects under Queensland’s new regime
Big battery projects seeking to be built in the Sunshine State will now have to meet the same strict new planning rules as large-scale solar and wind.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 18, 2025

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Renewables

Cost of wind and batteries fall, coal and gas rise as CSIRO finds new way to show renewables are cheapest
New GenCost report produces new modelling to deliver the same message: firmed renewables are lowest cost as coal and gas get more expensive and harder to build.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 17, 2025

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Renewables

“The investment drought is breaking:” CEO hails first Australia wind project to reach financial close in 2025
Australia’s year long wind investment drought broken as Tilt reaches financial close on a 108 MW wind project.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Tim Nelson explains the important tweaks in final market Review – more visibility, shorter tenors
Nelson Review chair tells Renew Economy that the final draft includes no major changes, but some important tweaks – including on tenor and visibility.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Energy ministers endorse Nelson market review to succeed CIS, with the exception of Queensland
State and federal energy ministers endorse Nelson review proposals to replace CIS in 2028 – with the notable exception of the Queensland LNP government.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 16, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Another $5 billion tipped into Cheaper Home Batteries, but rebates slashed for bigger systems
Albanese government doubles down on Cheaper Home Batteries, tipping new funding into the red-hot scheme and adjusting its settings to make it go further.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 13, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Will the lights go out if we don’t have baseload? “No, absolutely not,” say those whose job it is to keep them on
Australia’s green energy transition risks being stymied by a political obsession over “baseload”. AEMO’s Nicola Falcon explains why this misses the point.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 12, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Queensland LNP dumps renewable targets, but can it teach coal plants to dance around solar?
Queensland LNP officially scraps state renewables targets, on the belief it can keep its coal fleet online until 2049. Even AEMO doubts it can dance around solar.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Households to pay full cost for new gas connections as rules change to contain network death spiral
Households will have to pay up front and in full for new gas connection, thanks to new rule to protect consumers from the impending network death spiral.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

ISP warns of missed targets and added costs from delays, and as LNP throws coal spanner in the works
AEMO’s latest ISP says wind, solar and storage still cheapest option to replace coal, but warns that slower rollout may result in missed targets.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 10, 2025

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Commentary

AEMO’s latest ISP plots a steady course, but private sector is running out of excuses
The ISP remains the best planning document stakeholders could wish for. Its weakness is it’s only a planning document, someone else has to implement it.
David Leitch

Dec 10, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Industry calls for urgent changes to Cheaper Home Batteries rebate, to avoid harmful “boom-bust cycle”
Federal Labor’s Cheaper Home Batteries rebate needs urgent tweaks to its settings and eligibility criteria, peak industry body warns, to avoid a “boom-bust cycle.”
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 9, 2025

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