#NSW to run an additional tender for firmed generation capacity to plug forecast gaps in supply left by retiring #coal plants and “extended lulls” in solar and wind.

#BHP expects energy transitioning industries to supercharge its copper business – just don’t expect any new detail on what it is doing to decarbonise.

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Join Rachel Williamson as she explores Fortescue's push to decarbonise heavy haul locomotives and the hard realities that led to the cancellation of the Infinity Train.

Melbourne based renewables developer begins community engagement for a proposed solar farm and battery energy storage system in NSW Southern Tablelands.

#Transgrid is asking consumers to foot the bill for almost all of the $1.5 billion cost blowout from building the interconnector between South Australia and NSW.

OptiGrid founder and CEO Sahand Karimi on the ever evolving art of battery optimisation and the huge untapped value of the sub-5 MW “community” storage market. Plus news of the week.

The first stage of one of the biggest #batteries under development in #Australia has started commercial operations, on track to becoming a 780 megawatt, more than 3 gigawatt-hour behemoth.

#CSEnergy is using its coal plant byproducts quite literally to build a bridge between its traditional fossil generation business and its renewable #energy future.

A consortium of companies led by Tilt Renewables wants #AEMO to factor in a massive, up to 10 GW inland #REZ to its 2026 blueprint for the national grid.

The reversal of Obama’s endangerment finding represents a significant escalation in #Trump’s relentless fight against green energy and #climate action.

Hydro Tasmania has successfully delivered replacement turbine blades to one of Australia’s oldest continuously working #wind farms.

An ex-Labor strategist turned pollster says there are votes in taxing Australia’s biggest polluters through reframing the debate and evolving demographics.

New Zealand gentailer woos investors from home and across the ditch to help fund its ambitious renewable energy development plans.

Solar and battery project proposed for central northern Victoria gets #EPBC all-clear just four months after joining the queue.

Nothing says election year like a big new push for division around renewables. In Victoria, the opposition #Coalition and #OneNation are getting busy courting votes.

Iron ore giant Fortescue has just four years left to meet its real zero emissions by 2030 target, a mammoth task that will require it to fundamentally change how it operates. So can it be done?

A new white paper examines how Australia can ensure electricity system security in the transition from baseload generators and spinning machines to a grid dominated by inverter-based resources.

A large-scale #solar and #battery project seeking federal environmental approval proposes to use an innovative panel mounting system that will slash its physical and ecological footprint.

Australia’s solar waste investigation raises an interesting question of consistency. Where is the inquiry into mandatory 100% recycling of fossil fuel waste streams?

Great podcast on energy and politics feat Malcolm Turnbull very interesting @reneweconomy.com.au

Really excited to see how Peak scales their sodium batteries, could also be huge for multi family developments starting to move mostly off grid!

Installing the North Star battery was simpler and cheaper and than most other projects in the mining company’s job list to reach real zero by 2030. reneweconomy.com.au/copy-and-pas...

Origin Energy says big batteries are doing the heavy lifting for its aging fossil fuel plants, and cutting the costs of gas, but won’t rule out new gas peakers reneweconomy.com.au/origin-says-...

The second stage of what is already Australia’s biggest #wind project has started sending power to the grid and soon will be the nation’s first to reach gigawatt scale reneweconomy.com.au/second-stage...

US companies sign deal to build giant sodium batteries for US data centres, and also targeting Australia and Japan reneweconomy.com.au/us-companies...

AGL to create a new funding vehicle, using other people’s money, to develop its major #wind projects, including auction winners in NSW and the CIS reneweconomy.com.au/agl-eyes-opt...

Head of CIS program says data centres could come to the rescue of #wind projects struggling to land long term contracts, particularly as wholesale prices fall reneweconomy.com.au/cis-boss-say...

Even the booming home battery market could not escape the January doldrums, with the summer break delivering a small decline in monthly installs for the first time since July 2025.

Malcolm Turnbull says more “simpler” pumped hydro needed as solar outpaces wind, and insists that Snowy 2.0 will deliver value despite delays and cost blowouts.

The first solar-battery #hybrid has begun sending power into Australia’s main #grid in the evening. Dozens of bigger projects are will follow, changing the game for old fossils.

Transparency, accountability, membership and corporate structure will all come under the microscope as part of a major review of the Australian Energy Market Operator.

Former prime minister #MalcolmTurnbull is pushing for more hydro, but is still pumped up by the hard right and the disappearance of the sensible middle. Plus: Big #batteries seize the moment again.

The Australian #government has been urged to come clean on security threats posed by climate change following the release of a troubling #UK assessment.

Independent panel forced to review #solar project due to more than 80 mostly long distance objections cancels public meeting after no one registered to speak.

Latest Rystad Energy data shows Australia’s large-scale #wind and #solar farms generated 20% more electricity in January 2026 than in January 2025.

Two multi-billion dollar pumped #hydro energy storage projects declared Critical State Significant Infrastructure in race to cancel out #coal.

The first four of 30 new turbines at the Warradarge #wind farm have been erected, with the rest due to be up by August.

A 50MW #solar project will be the first in a 5GW vision by the Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation.

Batteries are going to kill #coal generation profits as well as #gas. They may do more damage to coal than they do to gas.

The number of home #battery models available through the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate has ballooned by nearly 500 since July 2025, new #data shows.

Is it possible to buy an ultra-low cost #EV with a minimum range of just over 100kms? What are the options?

A detailed breakdown of political #donations shows fossil fuel contributions to major parties are dwarfed by the scale of #coal industry funding of #astroturfing campaigns.

#UK investor snaps up two major #battery projects, one a solar hybrid, adding to a growing portfolio to replace #coal and create a grid with no smokestacks.

#NSW hails biggest and best result yet for long duration storage, with six massive batteries declared winners of latest tender, and at lower prices than previous auctions.

A parliamentary inquiry will examine the scale of the waste challenge looming on the flip-side of Australia’s rooftop solar boom – and how to seize the opportunity it presents.

A full breakdown of all electric vehicle #sales by month in #Australia in 2026. Latest data includes results for January from FCAI and EVC.

Small, plug-in #PV systems are populating balconies across Europe and the US, but many Australian #apartment dwellers are locked out of the new #solar boom.

The new Net Zero Fund will launch in mid-2026 with a $5bn kitty of cheap money for #industries wanting to go clean and #green.