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Policy & Planning

“Huge win:” Federal Labor unveils $2.3bn plan to slash home battery costs
Federal Labor unveils plan to dramatically boost home battery uptake in Australia, through a national scheme that would cut the up-front cost of installation by thousands of dollars.
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 5, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Coalition and Labor agree on bill busting benefits of electrification, and kicking gas out of homes
Liberal Party-led Senate inquiry into residential electrification confirms the bill busting benefits of getting gas out of Australian homes.
Sophie Vorrath & Rachel Williamson

Apr 2, 2025

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Renewables

Farmers, energy experts and locals ask: What’s in the renewable boom for us?
How can regional Australia truly benefit from the renewable energy transition?
Anne Delaney

Apr 1, 2025

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Policy & Planning

No more fossil “gasplaining” – going electric is past the tipping point and guaranteed to slash cost of living
The electrification of Australian homes and vehicles is no longer trade-off between climate action and cost, but a guaranteed way to drive down the cost of living.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 31, 2025

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Wind

One of Australia’s oldest wind farms turns 20 today, and will live on for another decade
One of Australia’s oldest wind farms turns 20 today, with some of the original staff still working there and looking at another 10 years of operation.
Rachel Williamson

Mar 31, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Dutton goes full Trump on climate, energy and industry as Albanese sets May 3 election date
There was a moment in Peter Dutton’s pitch to voters when the full Trumpian catastrophe of his climate, energy and industry policies should have been exposed.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 28, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Renewable target scrapped as CLP goes all in on ageing gas plant, and is warned of blackout risks
New CLP government scraps Labor’s 50 pct renewables target, but its focus on gas may leave it exposed to the blackouts it warns from the switch to solar.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 27, 2025

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Renewables

Explainer: Why are wind turbines so big – and could smaller be better?
Several new wind projects have had their turbine sizes scaled back after community feedback. But why do they have to be so big in the first place?
Rachel Williamson

Mar 26, 2025

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Renewables

Why solar and batteries are the new “baseload”, and now the engine room of the energy transition
Plunging cost of solar and battery storage is likely to save Australia’s giant smelters and refineries, and will also underpin massive new green metal industries.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 21, 2025

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Battery

Four new giant batteries to be built in W.A. as world’s biggest isolated grid navigates transition from coal
Bowen announces four new big batteries for the world’s biggest isolated grid as a result of the latest tender.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 20, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Dutton blames renewables for rising power prices, but bills would be much higher without them
New report finds wind, solar and battery storage has shielded Australian households and businesses from much higher power bills than they would otherwise be paying.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 19, 2025

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Policy & Planning

“White hot rage:” PV industry begs governments to do better on solar switch-off
Rooftop PV industry warns that another bungled state rollout of the Big Solar Button could cost tens of millions in lost revenue and grind business to a halt.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 18, 2025

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