A multibillion-dollar pipeline of electricity transmission upgrades is being proposed by South Australia’s network operator ElectraNet as it seeks to keep pace with “unprecedented” levels of connection demand.
When the sun don't shine, the wind often blows – in this case, setting a new renewables record for Queensland in the wee hours of the morning.
Peak demand is expected to double over the next decade as industries flock to take advantage of the world's first 100 pct net renewable grid built around wind and solar.
We are so focused on building new transmission superhighways that we’re ignoring the smaller stuff – the existing roads of tried and tested distribution networks.
A coalition of energy and consumer groups is urging federal government to seize the global geopolitical moment and fast-track the switch to efficient electric technologies across the economy.
Safeguard Mechanism gives coal and gas companies "a free ride," new modelling shows, while other industries come under increasing pressure to decarbonise, or pay the cost.
Sydney-headquartered start-up WinDC has partnered with United States-based Armada in a move designed to address rising levels of utility-scale solar and wind curtailment in Australia and also satisfy ballooning demand for energy-intensive data cen...
Progress update on a wind farm being developed by Andrew Forrest's Squadron Energy says the concrete foundations have been poured for 48 of its 69 turbines.
Transgrid details causes of the "contract failure" that has blighted delivery of Project EnergyConnect, as the regulator decides if consumers should foot the higher bill.
Australians have spent decades fighting over how much multi-national investors should pay for our resources. Now, it seems the debate has shifted from the mines to the machines.
Applying for grid connections is like a fishing expedition. You lower your hook into the murk and hope you come up with something edible and not an old boot.
Australia’s massive battery pipeline continues to grow, with projects being filed and making their way through key approvals.
New South Wales transmission company has shortlisted nine battery energy storage projects with a combined capacity of 2 GW to provide essential system strength services to the state’s electricity grid from later this year.
With (bottom-up driven) Fuel Rationing underway, and speculation about possible top-down mandates as soon as tomorrow's National Cabinet meeting, we outline some ways that liquid fuels help to support the National Electricity Market.
For several reasons (including thoughts on Energy Security with the War in the Middle East) we take an updated and deeper trended look at coal unit starts.
Legal bid to overturn state approval of a NSW wind project ends with a whimper, after the council behind the court proceedings agreed to drop the case.
Powerlink is conducting a 12-month trial using weather stations and sensors along 200km of high-voltage transmission lines between Palmwoods and Woolooka to gather real-time weather data and determine dynamic line ratings—the maximum safe electric...
A "strategically vital" BESS gets waved through federal environmental queue, while also reapplying for state approvals under the new LNP rules.
Fluence is seeing fewer requests for two hour batteries as developers jump on lucrative longer evening peak. Data centres are also in focus.
The latest gas market outlook is less of a temporary supply-gap reprieve and more the start of the fastest energy transition in history, underpinned by electrification.