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Plug-in solar "not an overnight proposition," says Bowen, as pressure mounts to legalise it within 10 months
12+ hour, 6+ min ago (997+ words) Consumer energy advocates have called on federal and state governments to make plug-in solar and batteries legal to use in Australia within 10 months, following last week’s news that clearing a path for the technology known in Europe as “balcony solar…...
"Incredibly ambitious": Electricity market reforms given express track by energy ministers
10+ hour, 34+ min ago (668+ words) Energy Australia's Mt Piper power station, near Lithgow in NSW. (Source: Peter Hannam) Australia’s energy ministers have given themselves barely half a year to settle on the legislative changes that will establish the shape of the National Electricity Market beyond…...
Hydrogen hopeful wants to build 3D printable floating wind turbines in Tasmania's field of green dreams
12+ hour, 45+ min ago (687+ words) Monday, September 14, 2026 Tasmania’s Bell Bay industrial centre continues to be a field of dreams for hydrogen companies, with the latest proposal a $1.5 billion 3D printing manufacturing hub. Perth company PolarBlue is proposing to combine its hydrogen energy technology and its fibre…...
Another two big batteries compete for grid access at new energy hub located next to shuttered coal generators
18+ hour, 18+ min ago (395+ words) Monday, September 14, 2026 Another major battery storage project has lined up for approvals at the emerging Swanbank energy hub in Queensland, the site of a former coal fired power station that now features a gas generator and plans to add storage…...
New 150 MW solar farm finished "ahead of schedule", the last of state's first renewable auction winners
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (322+ words) Friday, September 11, 2026 A new 150 megawatt solar farm – the first stage of what will become a solar and battery hybrid project – has reached completion in the north west of Victoria, ahead of schedule, according to its contractors. The solar farm at…...
Advocates unhappy as government seeks oversight of home solar, battery and EVs, rather than regulator
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (433+ words) Advocates for advancing consumer energy resources, such as rooftop solar, home batteries and electric vehicles, says they are concerned the Albanese government will reverse course on plans to assign technical regulations to the independent Clean Energy Regulator and instead grant…...
Spanish giant withdraws 2,000 MWh battery project after being "called in" by LNP planning minister
4+ day, 10+ hour ago (576+ words) Spanish developer Iberdrola has withdrawn its proposed Gin Gin battery from the Queensland planning process, although it says remaining committed to the project and will go back to local council to seek approvals. The 500 megawatt (MW), up to four hour…...
Victoria scraps contested renewable zone, says region has limited capacity for more solar and wind
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (531+ words) The Victorian Labor government has cancelled the proposed Central-North renewable energy zone (REZ) on the grounds that the region already hosts “significant renewable energy” projects, on a grid with limited capacity for more. The Central-North REZ was the last undeclared…...
"Cut the BS... and please understand what you're dealing with:" Wind and solar developers come face to face with new reality
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (1773+ words) “Things have changed in Queensland,” Clean Energy Council chief executive and former deputy premier (Labor) Jackie Trad noted at the start of the CEC’s Queensland Energy Summit on Wednesday. And so they have. For a start, Labor is no longer…...
How retailers are standing in the way of cheaper power | SwitchedOn Australia
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (182+ words) Renew Economy How retailers are standing in the way of cheaper power | SwitchedOn Australia Tim Ryan argues Australia is trying to build a 21st-century, consumer-led electricity system while preserving retailers as compulsory ‘middlemen.’ But retailers are businesses that have little…...