Stories Archive - Page 5 of 28 - Renew Economy

The cybersecurity elephant in the renewable energy room
Cybersecurity is emerging as a risk in large scale and small scale renewables, with some suggesting the solar switch-off mechanism makes a hacker’s life easy.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 11, 2025

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The EPBC black hole
Of the renewable energy projects deemed controllable actions in 2023 and 2024, none have made it through the EPBC process.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 11, 2025

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Google backs new energy storage technology
Global tech giant Google invests in company that has developed what it calls a “CO2 battery” that stores carbon dioxide as a liquid.
Joshua S Hill

Aug 1, 2025

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Bird? Plane? It’s energy productivity!
Australia’s energy policy obsession with renewables means we are overlooking energy productivity as the first fuel to cut emissions and save money.
Francis Vierboom

Aug 1, 2025

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Capacity Investment Scheme supersized
Bowen announces plans to supersize Capacity Investment Scheme to 40 GW as government races to meet its ambitious 82 per cent renewables target.
Giles Parkinson

Aug 1, 2025

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Transforming cities into “giant batteries”
Electric homes and vehicles can help turn Australian cities into “giant batteries,” study finds, with each resident owning around three Tesla Powerwalls-worth of flexible storage capacity.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 23, 2025

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Trump tariffs killing big battery investment in US
The supplier to the biggest battery project in Australia says Trump’s tariffs are hitting hard in US, but creating more competition and cutting prices in Australia.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 23, 2025

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Bunnings launches zero up-front home batteries and solar
Hardware giant Bunnings is stepping into the home energy market with a zero up front subscription offer for rooftop PV and household batteries.
Giles Parkinson

Jul 23, 2025

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Marinus blows out to $5bn — but backers say it’s still worth it.
The bill for Marinus Link, including the onshore transmission works in Tasmania, will come to just over $5 billion dollars, a major new assessment has found.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 18, 2025

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Lower energy bills? Start at home.
Solar and batteries can only go so far when our homes are inefficient, or when we’re burning gas to meet household energy needs.
Jay Gordon

Jul 18, 2025

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Great Barrier Reef headed for “in danger”
Conservationists have warned Australia is falling short on protecting the Great Barrier Reef as the nation prepares to table another report into its management.
Poppy Johnston & Fraser Barton

Jul 14, 2025

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Accept the science & economics!
SEC chief calls on federal Coalition to “accept the science, the economics and the engineering” of renewables and cut the “through line” from big fossil fuel interests.
Sophie Vorrath

Jul 10, 2025

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