11+ hour, 40+ min ago   (558+ words) A new wind and battery storage project, backed by some of the country’s biggest super funds, has been unveiled for south-east Queensland, despite the push-back against renewable energy technologies by the state government. LP Renewables Projects, an Australian developer, and…...

11+ hour, 24+ 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…...

19+ hour, 9+ 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…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (576+ words) Spanish developer Iberdrola has withdrawn its proposed Gin Gin battery from the Queensland planning process, although it says remaining committed to the project and will go back to local council to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…...

4+ day, 13+ 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, 13+ hour ago   (210+ words) One of Australia’s first solar and battery hybrid projects, the 131 megawatt Winton North Solar Farm in Victoria’s north, has completed the installation of all of its PV modules, just two months after reaching financial close. The Melbourne-based arm of Danish…...

5+ day, 11+ 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…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago   (399+ words) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 One of Australia’s landmark renewable energy “gen-tailers,” Flow Power, is reportedly up for sale, with its major shareholder alongside its founder said to be shopping around for buyers. The Australian Financial Review reports that Canadian pension fund OPTrust…...

6+ day, 12+ 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, 5+ hour ago   (399+ words) Monday, September 7, 2026 A massive 1.2-gigawatt (GW), four-hour (4.8 gigawatt hours) battery project, potentially the biggest in the country’s main grid, has entered the federal government’s environmental assessment queue and has also launched its bid for state planning approvals. The Hanworth battery…...