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Policy & Planning

Energy ministers clear path for plug-in solar and batteries in big win for renters and apartment dwellers
Solar Sharer opens up a new category of Australian prosumer – battery with no solar. And now energy ministers have agreed to look at the rule changes needed to let apartment dwellers and renters plug in.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 11, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Spanish giant withdraws 2,000 MWh battery project after being “called in” by LNP planning minister
Spanish energy giant withdraws a massive battery project after being “called in” by planning minister, but says it has not abandoned it.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 10, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Victoria scraps contested renewable zone, says region has limited capacity for more solar and wind
Victoria cancels contentious renewable zone ahead of state election on grounds it holds “significant renewable energy” projects, and has limited capacity for more.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 10, 2026

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Featured

“Cut the BS … and please understand what you’re dealing with:” Wind and solar developers come face to face with new reality
Queensland mayors tells wind and solar developers what is expected of them under new planning rules. The “tyre kickers” and “window lickers” are already fading away.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 10, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Anti-wind group sues planning minister and wind project owners, threatens public servants
Victoria group takes wind project to court, says public servants are next if successful.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 9, 2026

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Utilities

“Retailers are taking the piss:” Why cheaper power isn’t reaching consumers
Energy market specialist Tim Ryan says retailers are gaming everything from Solar Sharer and VPPs to dynamic network tariffs to protect their profits, and consumers are “the meal on the table.”
Anne Delaney

Sep 9, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Native forests “at a crossroads” as Greens wrestle with which way to turn on carbon credit plan
When Greens elder Bob Brown addressed a throng of forest campaigners on Saturday, he did so beneath three suspended paper mache angels – dubbed courage, joy and compassion.
Peter Hannam

Sep 8, 2026

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Coal

“It’s an ideology:” Queensland LNP accused of deliberate strategy to kill large scale renewables
Updated: Queensland LNP accused of having deliberate policy to make renewable uninvestable by scrapping targets, cancelling projects and boosting coal.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 8, 2026

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Coal

Renewables lobby says coal generators should pay carbon price to stay open beyond stated closure dates
Smart Energy Council calls for a carbon price to be imposed on coal fired power plants that continue to generate beyond their previously agreed closure dates.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 8, 2026

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Policy & Planning

Decade-long tiff over using carbon credits brings Greens to debate the “Greater Glider in the room”
The debate over carbon credits and its impact on native logging has divided the Greens. Some even compare the issue to the party’s rejection of Rudd’s CPRS.
Peter Hannam

Sep 7, 2026

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Policy & Planning

NSW Greens call on federal MPs to allow carbon credits and help halt native logging and save koalas
NSW Greens call on federal counterparts not to support a Senate vote that could block the use of carbon credits to fund the creation of the Great Koala National Park
Peter Hannam

Sep 7, 2026

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Commentary

Second wave of big batteries will eat the dinner of fossil fuels, forcing some coal generators to close
The current second wave of big battery projects will kill the economics of most coal generators, but the grid still needs a lot more wind and solar.
David Leitch

Sep 5, 2026

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