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Storage

“This is not inner-city, latte-sipping lefties:” Bowen hails regions as battery rebate numbers surge
Australians install six months-worth of energy storage capacity in one month, as suburban and regional households embrace Cheaper Home Batteries.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 2, 2025

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Renewables

A tale of two summits: Gina Rinehart’s net-zero siege versus farming’s renewable lifeline
As Gina Rinehart lays “siege” to net zero, many farmers see survival. But not all are fans of wind and solar developers. “Farmers should be at the table, not on the menu.”
Anne Delaney

Sep 2, 2025

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Wind

“Act of bastardry”: Queensland LNP government kills another giant wind project
Queensland’s deputy premier is now repealing laws in order to kill wind projects and prevent new ones, with the latest victim being the 1.2GW Forest Wind project.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 1, 2025

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Renewables

No new wind, slow transmission and a buyer’s strike: Why Australia may miss its renewable energy target
Analysts suggest Capacity Investment Scheme needs tough penalties for failed projects if the flagship policy is to deliver the 82 pct renewables target on schedule.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 1, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Turbine shut-downs back on the table as contested Tasmania wind farm gets federal green light
Plans to build a 900 MW wind farm on a Tasmania island given the EPBC green light, but with conditions that could include turbine shutdowns.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 29, 2025

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Coal

AGL may mothball coal units, or shut them down over weekends, to make way for solar, hints at wind contract
Australia’s biggest coal generator flags potential mothballing and weekend closures of some units, as it comes under pressure over its climate plan.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 29, 2025

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Renewables

Bowen seeks 1.6 GW wind and solar, 2.4 GWh of storage in super-sized CIS tenders for largest isolated grid
Bowen launches tenders for 1.6 GW of renewables and 2.4 GWh of storage to add to the isolated WA grid in the latest two rounds of its Capacity Investment Scheme.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 29, 2025

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Wind

Owner of Australia’s biggest wind farm buys massive pipeline of battery, wind and solar projects
TagEnergy, the owner of Australia’s biggest wind farm, has snapped up a huge pipeline of mostly wind and battery projects that it says will supercharge its business.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 28, 2025

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Electrification

Saul Griffith’s call to arms: He wants a consumer army to lead fight for cheapest energy system
Saul Griffith wants to build an army. Not of soldiers, but of householders, tradies, and communities who can demand more of the energy industry and government.
Anne Delaney

Aug 27, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Australian industry can ditch diesel, says report, but not without ditching its subsidy first
Ditching diesel is “absolutely possible” from a technology perspective, a new report has found, but first the fuel tax credit that subsidies burning diesel has to be removed.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 27, 2025

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Renewables

Green, spiky and duck-shaped: How the last 10 years has changed Australia’s grid
State of the Energy Market report looks back on a record-breaking 2024 for wind and solar and their impact on the grid – and a stunning decade of change.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 26, 2025

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Storage

Australia’s first two gigawatt-hour battery is now commissioned, to soak up rooftop PV at massive scale
Neoen’s Collie battery has completed commissioning, with nearly 20 times more storage than the original Hornsdale battery, It is the first of many at that size.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 25, 2025

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