A hot mid-week day placed Australia’s main grid, the National Electricity Market, under clear operational stress on Thursday, particularly in New South Wales where LOR3 and RERT market notices were issued.
France is building one of its biggest batteries on its territory in New Caledonia, where it will help wean the nickel mining island off coal and oil.
Australian offshore wind start-up that blazed a trail for the nascent technology will wind up its operations in 2026. Warns Australia needs to "up its game."
One of Australia's biggest proposed pumped hydro projects has been given a federal green tick to undertake exploratory works in Queensland's Gympie region.
The world's biggest isolated grid, in Western Australia, is currently the most gas dependent in the country, but this share will decline rapidly even after the exit of coal.
Market operator turns to country's most powerful battery to guarantee supplies with one third of the NSW coal fleet offline in the middle of a heatwave.
Ausgrid will start building the REZ based around existing infrastructure in early 2026, with work expected to be done within two years.
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Renewable energy certificate prices - the currency that has underpinned of wind and solar in Australia - have plunged to record lows and could halve again.
Wind finance drought turns into a minor flood, with the second wind project reaching financial close in two days, and the first on Australia's main grid in 2025.
Labor sheds light on just how hot the Cheaper Home Batteries rebate has been running, and just how much money can be saved by pushing smaller systems.