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A 20,000-plus member parent group takes one of Australia’s largest energy companies to court over claims it misled customers about emissions from its products

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Australian Energy Regulator reject bid by NSW gas network company to charge a nearly $80 million spend on “renewable gas” infrastructure back to customers

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Owner of one of Australia’s oldest wind farms to use cranes, rather than cheaper options, to take down turbines in first of its kind decommissioning for Australia

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South Australia cracked the solar overload problem — and they're paying households for it. NSW, take notes. #SunTax #Explainer

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Wait… a sun tax? Yep, NSW wants to charge you for exporting your own solar power. Here’s why. #SunTax #Explainer

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South Australia – regarded as the world’s most advanced renewable grid – has added a seventh big battery, with seven more to join soon as they finish construction

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Macquarie-backed Eku Energy secures nearly $A300 million to expand its battery storage portfolio

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The WA Environmental Protection Authority has taken the “not usual” step of re-opening public consultation on Woodside’s $30bn Browse gas project

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Energy innovators want NEM Review panel to ditch “hub-and-spoke” market thinking, and flip the focus from big to small, such as consumer batteries and demand response

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New report says number of coal breakdowns over summer was far worse than expected, underlining case for intermittent coal to be replaced by variable renewables and storage

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Fortescue is cutting 90 jobs at two green hydrogen sites as global headwinds turn chilly

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An analysis of significant “rebidding” in the NEM reveals how battery assets are being used to exert market power — by both incumbents and new entrants

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New opposition leader led efforts to destroy a landmark anti-fossil legal case, but is also capable of defending climate policies in general. What will the next three years look like?

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Norway oil giant on the verge of terminating huge US offshore wind project due to delays controversially imposed by Donald Trump’s administration

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New data shows solar and wind accounted for nearly 98 per cent of new electricity generating capacity added in the United States through the first quarter of 2025

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US-based battery storage developer says Australia has been largely shielded from the disruption in the US market caused by Donald Trump’s tariff war with China

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Backer of two massive green hydrogen projects in Australia says a “breakthrough” in modular design could cut the costs of the technology by up to 20 per cent

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Genex halves wind project and adds battery storage to Kidston renewable hub, based around the landmark pumped hydro project that is now running behind schedule

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Sussan Ley elected to lead the Liberal Party, after beating Angus Taylor. Nuclear advocate Ted O’Brien is deputy #AusPol

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SunDrive CEO says collaboration with Chinese solar giants will be crucial for Australian companies seeking to make it in the booming global PV industry

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The re-elected Nationals leader uses his first moments to spread blackout disinformation. And he has form, too.

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Planners made a mistake with the size of two major transmission projects, but have an opportunity to get it right for VNI West, and unlock vast areas of onshore wind

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Controversial new changes to the federal Environment Protection & Biodiversity Act could have important consequences for renewables

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Australian researchers have developed new ways to cut the price of green hydrogen and the key ingredient is something few would expect: urine

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Solar and battery storage feature heavily in second round of “energy resilience” funding, as Victorian network seeks to bolster vulnerable parts of the grid

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Giles and David discuss the future of the Opposition and why the LNP needs to start listening to the electricity industry, not just ideology, when crafting energy policy. Will they learn from past mistakes? #AusPol Episodes of The Energy Insiders Podcast, available wherever you listen.

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The remote pearling and tourism town of Broome to get a big solar farm and a 6-hour battery to replace its soon to expire gas and diesel contract. A wind option was rejected.

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Controversial and contested wind project suffers another delay, this time likely because of the election timing. It has now been in the EPBC process for eight years

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Australian solar innovator signs up China manufacturing heavyweights to help launch its potentially game-changing copper-based PV technology onto the global market

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Bowen retained as climate and energy minister, Murray Watt gets environment and Tanya Plibersek moved to social services #AusPol

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The Coalition doesn’t need to contest an election for a while. Being a wrecker of the energy transition is a far easier task – and they might be about to elect a leader with experience

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This election result has given the renewable energy industry a three-year window to prove it can provide a viable replacement for coal in our electricity mix. It won’t be easy.

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Carnegie Clean Energy secures deal to manufacture its proprietary CETO wave energy technology – and signs an MOU to explore projects in America’s 49th state

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Giles and David unpack the key takeaways, from rising project costs to policy challenges, and what it all means for Australia’s energy transition

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NSW launches new tender for long duration storage, seeking at least 1 GW of capacity by 2034 – ahead of the planned closure of the last of its coal generators

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Tilt Renewables boss says battery costs are falling rapidly, but he is by shocked the rising cost of civil construction, like concrete slabs. It’s a major problem for the energy transition

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Tilt Renewables CEO Anthony Fowler on plans for first giga-scale wind project in NSW, and its first battery projects. Plus: Election washup and NSW grid access rights

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The commissioning of a 63 MW solar farm marks the arrival on the grid biggest PV project yet for Aotearoa NZ. But four much bigger projects are hot on its heels

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Plans for what will be one of the biggest batteries in Victoria have been given the green light for development through the state government’s fast-track program

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Plans to build a nearly 500MW project in a region renowned for its wind resource have been waved through federal environmental approvals process, clearing the way for development

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It’s time to consider a party of independents, free from dogma, and committed to fairness, integrity and evidenced-base policy

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New report from the IEA reveals that Australia’s methane emissions are wildly underreported. The bubble’s going to pop – so why not shift to honest reporting

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An upcoming report says 85 wind farms will come to the end of their operating lives by 2045, but Australia is not yet prepared for what happens next

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Critical minerals sands mine signs up to install a hybrid renewables power system that can, on occasion, run solely on solar and battery storage

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The SA government’s decision to disband its hydrogen body means the state’s iron and steelmaking will likely run on gas for longer. This is bad news.

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Amber Electric’s Myles Eftos on how home batteries can be money making machines. Plus, a post-election debrief and Australia’s new favourite battery

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Greens leader Adam Bandt has conceded defeat in his seat of Melbourne, meaning the loss of one of the most outspoken climate warriors in parliament

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Plans to develop one of world’s largest offshore wind farms shelved – just months after winning government support – because it no longer makes economic sense

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One transmission company says it has received 8 GW of data centres load requests, but not in places that could be cure for wind and solar constraints

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A new AEMC rule explicitly factors potential climate change risks into network resilience, allowing DNSPs to spend on preventing major blackouts

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