5+ hour, 11+ 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…...

3+ day, 9+ 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…...

4+ day, 2+ 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…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (576+ words) Spanish developer Iberdrola has withdrawn its proposed Gin Gin battery from the Queensland planning process, although it says remaining committed to the project and will go back to local council to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…...

4+ day, 5+ 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…...

4+ day, 5+ 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…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (328+ words) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Large-scale solar curtailment was “reduced significantly” in August, new data has shown, with the growing number of big and small batteries – and a somewhat subdued contribution for wind – helping to prevent solar electrons from going to waste, despite…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (193+ words) Renew Economy SwitchedOn Podcast: How retailers are standing in the way of cheaper power 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…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (307+ words) Monday, September 7, 2026 Recently, Fox ESS, a global leader in renewable energy solutions, has launched AirGate in Australia, a compact 5‑in‑1 whole-home backup solution designed to simplify installation, reduce wiring and commissioning complexity, and help cut costs for Australian households. AirGate…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1326+ words) Thursday, September 3, 2026 Multiple gigawatts of potential wind and solar projects face an increasingly uncertain future, with some proposals evaporating altogether if the key VNI West transmission link is scrapped. The echoes of cancelling the project – one of the key policy…...