A mammoth 1.1 GW wind project that was paused in 2025 by the Queensland LNP government has now secured all necessary state and federal approvals https://reneweconomy.com.au/massive-1-1-gw-queensland-wind-project-that-overcame-state-pause-secures-federal-approval/

Annual analysis by Lazard confirms wind, solar and storage remain cheapest new build, despite pressures on costs and policies from the Trump Administration https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-solar-and-storage-remain-cheapest-new-build-generation-says-lazard-despite-rising-costs/

Australia remains extraordinarily dependent on imported diesel to move freight and support much of its industrial economy. We should look to China for a new strategy https://reneweconomy.com.au/australia-is-stuck-in-a-vicious-circle-of-diesel-fuel-imports-chinese-electric-trucks-offer-a-way-out/

Despite the potential for lower bills, and a stronger grid, most battery owners still aren’t joining virtual power plants https://reneweconomy.com.au/switchedon-podcast-why-the-booming-home-battery-market-is-staying-clear-of-virtual-power-plants/

New drainage systems for flood-prone sports ground and a new community health hub are among the first recipients of the first round of renewable energy zone grant funding https://ow.ly/lfes50ZnEkZ

A Rinehart-backed miner has signed a deal to partly fund and supply rare earths for a new factory that will supply magnets for wind turbines, EVs and other industries https://reneweconomy.com.au/rinehart-backed-miner-signs-deal-to-make-magnets-for-wind-turbines-and-evs/

The growing unreliability of end of life #coal fired power plants is costing Australians and domestic heavy industry dearly. Last week provided a case in point https://reneweconomy.com.au/coal-closure-plan-urgently-needed-as-unreliable-clunkers-push-power-prices-through-roof/

A proposed 108 megawatt (MW), eight hour vanadium flow battery – with lower fire risk and fully recyclable, has been proposed at site of shuttered coal mine https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-biggest-vanadium-flow-battery-planned-for-clean-energy-precinct-at-former-coal-mine/

A proposed 108 megawatt (MW), eight hour vanadium flow battery – with lower fire risk and fully recyclable, has been proposed at site of shuttered coal mine https://reneweconomy.com.au/australias-biggest-vanadium-flow-battery-planned-for-clean-energy-precinct-at-former-coal-mine/

State-owned #wind farm marks a “huge few weeks of milestones” including delivery of transformers, erection of 30 transmission towers and concrete foundations poured https://reneweconomy.com.au/turbines-and-transmission-towers-up-and-concrete-foundations-poured-at-rare-state-owned-wind-farm/

Plans for one of the nation’s biggest new #gas plants join the queue for federal environmental approval, to be developed by one of Australia’s biggest renewables outfits https://reneweconomy.com.au/one-of-australias-biggest-renewables-developers-seeks-to-build-one-of-countrys-biggest-new-gas-plants/

Squadron’s latest #wind project located just outside of crowded renewable zone, and will seek to plug into existing network https://reneweconomy.com.au/andrew-forrests-squadron-energy-unveils-another-big-wind-project-near-crowded-renewable-zone/

Consultation is underway on the guidelines that will shape transmission network planning for this state. Buried in the demand methodology is a curious asymmetry https://reneweconomy.com.au/data-centres-get-a-forecast-in-states-new-transmission-plan-electric-heating-gets-a-footnote/

A third state owned utility backs out of ownership of a #wind farm development in Queensland, reversing a transaction made under previous government two years ago https://reneweconomy.com.au/another-queensland-state-utility-quietly-sells-stake-in-wind-project/

CSIRO says #nuclear power is “most expensive in each case” of its modelling, with a “first-of-a-kind” premium on building in Australia likely to cost 100% more than international best practice https://ow.ly/Oahs50ZmLjN

Renewable developer says the refusal of its closest port to handle a giant transformer has created a long-distance logistical headache to get it delivered on site https://reneweconomy.com.au/its-nuts-wind-developer-forced-to-truck-giant-transformer-thousands-of-kilometres-after-port-refusal/

Wind turbine supplier buys Tasmania #wind project, and hopes to begin construction next year if it can find investors https://reneweconomy.com.au/global-wind-giant-snaps-up-states-biggest-wind-project-as-turbine-suppliers-turn-developers/

A New South Wales #wind farm is seeking approval to ramp up mitigation measures after its turbines killed 20 wedge-tailed eagles in just 18 months https://reneweconomy.com.au/wind-farm-reports-20-wedge-tailed-eagle-deaths-in-18-months-vows-to-ramp-up-mitigation-measures/

Australia’s home battery market is undergoing a “healthy reset,” new data shows, with battery sizes and installation numbers both falling https://reneweconomy.com.au/home-battery-market-undergoes-healthy-reset-as-rooftop-solar-lingers-in-record-territory/

The black box of a federal consumer renewable energy scheme raises questions over whether it’s value for money https://reneweconomy.com.au/still-a-rip-off-some-energy-retailers-have-slashed-greenpower-rates-others-havent-bothered/

Plans for what could be Australia’s first offshore wind-dedicated sea port have undergone further design changes, as developers work to get the contested project over the line, environmentally https://ow.ly/le1050ZlSjY

A battery project proposed next to a freeway in the centre of Sydney forced to panel review after objections from interstate and two tiny towns 800 kms away https://reneweconomy.com.au/big-battery-in-middle-of-sydney-forced-to-planning-review-by-residents-of-tiny-towns-800-km-away/

More than a billion data points from the Electrify 2515 trial should help networks replace assumptions about household electrification with real-world evidence https://reneweconomy.com.au/why-electricity-networks-need-to-understand-people-not-just-poles-and-wires/

Investors buoyed by re-election of a Labor government last year are now downbeat, citing transmission, planning and tax issues that put renewables target out of reach https://reneweconomy.com.au/they-are-losing-patience-just-one-in-ten-investors-believe-australia-will-meet-renewables-target/

WA’s shallow energy market leads some developers to look to miners to backstop demand, but this idea hits a hurdle when mine lives are shorter than wind turbines https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-head-off-grid-but-wind-farms-last-longer-than-many-mines-and-thats-a-problem/

Fewer investors, more demand, and huge projects are changing how financiers grade different #wind options for funding https://reneweconomy.com.au/no-more-bragawatts-some-investors-not-convinced-that-bigger-is-better-for-wind-projects/

Owners of #wind projects struggling to get finance have been warned by the federal government that their unused capacity will be returned for future CIS tenders https://reneweconomy.com.au/struggling-wind-projects-warned-their-unused-capacity-will-be-returned-to-future-cis-tenders/

#Renewables described as not only the cheapest new power source around the world, but also a “prime geopolitical shock absorber” in new report https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-remain-cheapest-new-power-option-and-avoided-us480bn-in-fossil-fuel-costs-in-2025/

Capacity in upcoming renewable and storage tenders under the CIS to be reserved for projects that lock in equity deals with First Nations groups https://reneweconomy.com.au/cis-bakes-in-first-nations-equity-revenue-sharing-deal-for-next-renewables-and-storage-tenders/

Concrete pours nearly complete, first blades due soon at state’s only #wind project under construction https://reneweconomy.com.au/concrete-pours-nearly-complete-first-blades-due-soon-at-states-only-wind-project-under-construction/

Advanced projects that are ready to build may be exempt from new changes to grid access rules, but CIS projects that have struggle to move forward will have to adapt https://reneweconomy.com.au/grid-access-rules-to-be-changed-but-wont-penalise-advanced-projects-that-are-ready-to-build/

Renewable energy covered a record 58 pct of Germany’s electricity consumption from January to June 2026, despite an 8 pct fall in hydro output due to low rainfall https://reneweconomy.com.au/renewables-covered-record-58-pct-of-german-electricity-consumption-in-first-half-of-2026/

An Australian startup promising to transform the economics of green #hydrogen has celebrated its fifth birthday with its first export customer https://reneweconomy.com.au/australian-green-hydrogen-startup-signs-deal-to-deliver-its-first-large-scale-electrolyser/

One of the leading lights of a new breed of renewable-energy based utilities placed into administration, just days after securing approvals for the sale and transfer of its retail licence https://ow.ly/xl1550ZkvbW

Innovative energy trading using Australian software is “going gangbusters” in Europe – and making our newly launched Solar Sharer Offer look like a blunt instrument https://reneweconomy.com.au/australian-software-allows-italian-homes-to-get-free-power-from-solar-panels-in-spain-why-not-here/

Controversial tax changes for foreign renewables investors have dropped one problematic aspect and kept another – “the opposite of the message we want to send,” says industry https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-tax-on-renewables-wont-be-retrospective-but-will-send-opposite-message-to-foreign-investors/

One of the world’s largest zinc mines, in remote north-west Queensland, will be run with at least 80 pct renewables with the addition of a large wind farm and a big battery https://ow.ly/fuzU50Zjv6O

Controversial tax changes for foreign renewables investors have dropped one problematic aspect and kept another – “the opposite of the message we want to send,” says industry https://reneweconomy.com.au/new-tax-on-renewables-wont-be-retrospective-but-will-send-opposite-message-to-foreign-investors/

State acts where the national rule maker has declined to tread, announcing an Australia-first ban on an insidious energy retailer practice that largely affects vulnerable customers https://ow.ly/zlNU50Zju4G

Amid the hype around the launch of the Solar Sharer Offer, federal Labor’s flagship consumer energy policy quietly celebrated its first anniversary – with a new set of very impressive numbers https://ow.ly/BSQU50Zju34

Just two projects were funded under Hydrogen Headstart and one has just reached FID, with work to start imminently https://reneweconomy.com.au/green-hydrogen-hopes-lift-as-headstart-project-reaches-crucial-financial-milestone/

New report released on first anniversary of Cheaper Home Batteries scheme confirms 2025 as a record smashing year for small-scale storage, and a game-changer for consumer energy https://reneweconomy.com.au/boom-far-from-over-but-2025-goes-down-in-history-as-the-year-home-batteries-went-mainstream/

Australian “AI factory” developer inks 12-year deal to buy firmed electricity for its data centre plans, including from a four-hour big battery being added to Australia’s most renewable grid https://ow.ly/9ljm50Zj0Bi

#Solar Sharer may have been sold as an consumer equity policy, but it could have more success as a grid levelling policy https://reneweconomy.com.au/solar-sharer-is-here-offering-free-power-to-all-will-it-level-the-playing-field-or-benefit-batteries-most/

If Australia got serious about climate and 1.5°C, what would it need to do on the grid? The market operator provides an answer – no coal, and a lot more solar and storage https://ow.ly/wLv550ZiwKg

A UNSW pilot will test the ability of an artificial intelligence-powered energy system to help expand access to rooftop solar and battery storage for those living in apartments https://ow.ly/b6k550Zi4wt

This week marks the launch of federal Labor’s Solar Sharer Offer. Here’s how it will work, and why not all households should take up the offer of three hours of free power https://ow.ly/5cmX50Zi44M

One of the world’s biggest commodity traders moves into Australia electricity retail business – competition for the Big Three? https://reneweconomy.com.au/swiss-commodity-trader-gets-approval-to-buy-zen-retail-business-and-ppa-deals-will-it-take-on-big-3/

Could your electric car do more than just keep the lights on in an emergency? Australians are upgrading their tech to stay connected https://reneweconomy.com.au/i-didnt-notice-homeowners-using-solar-batteries-and-v2g-to-stay-connected-in-blackouts/

An Australian battery technology pioneer has landed a major government grant to start commercial production of an anode that can significantly boost the range of EVs https://ow.ly/mCeB50Zi2wm