As rooftop solar, home batteries and EV uptake surges, networks seek regulatory change to boost flexibility, two way flows and lower costs in homes.
China’s 2026 to 2030 policy plan elevates clean electricity as a central driver of economic growth, with greater emphasis on system integration and industrial use.
Affordable reliable energy? New report reveals Australia's remaining coal plants went at least partly offline 108 times in the five months from October 2025 to the end of February 2026.
After a record 2024 in which the corporate PPA market hit a new peak breaking through 3 GW for the first time, 2025 saw something of a "reversion to the mean." The post Reversion to the mean: Corporate PPA market cools, but still packs a punch app...
Two offshore wind farms being built in US waters have marked huge milestones, with one completing construction and another sending first power to the grid.
AEMO governance review is a rare starting point for big questions about Australia’s energy market institutions. The risk is that it produces incremental tweaks rather than a fundamental rethink.
Building just one-third of the offshore wind capacity proposed for Victorian waters would slash electricity bills, avoid hundreds of kilometres of onshore transmission, and loosen gas's grip, says report.
China giant Trina Solar shelves big battery project in Queensland just days after it was called in for reassessment by state planning minister Jarrod Bleijie.
The real anathema in the modern Australian economy is not renewable energy, but the idea that our prosperity depends on shipping prehistoric hydrocarbons halfway around the planet.
Publicly-owned gentailer completes final concrete turbine foundation at what is the state's first new wind farm development in several years.
Queensland set two new instantaneous power generation records over the weekend, offering a useful snapshot of how the state's supply mix is evolving across the full day.
Ground-breaking hybrid renewables system installed at an outback opal mining town in South Australia is claiming a new record for continuous diesel-free operations.
The arrival of big batteries - including the two biggest in Australia to date - has changed the game on the country's biggest isolated grid, particularly on prices.
We have identified two sensible strategies that would allow NSW to reduce residential gas consumption and achieve a net reduction in electricity demand.
Years of approvals that allow DNSPs to get around ring-fencing rules are the target of a new request to stop waivers being misused.
New data shows new global wind capacity hit a third-straight record year in 2025, led by China which became the first market to add more than 100 GW in a single year.
Andrew Forrest’s 2 gigawatt wind plans to help decarbonise his Pilbara iron ore operations have rejoined the queue for federal environmental approval, following a “substantial redesign." The post Huge Fortescue wind farm seeks federal green tick a...
Judge accuses regional council of having a "bee in their bonnet" and of losing perspective in its case against a wind project approval.
Digging into NSW’s generation mix reveals that the supply gap from coal exists remains substantial. Eraring currently contributes more to the state’s mix than grid-scale solar and wind combined during winter (28% vs 20%), while utility-scale batte...
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