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Renewables

Gas pipeline giant proposes new solar, wind and battery hub for Pilbara
APA wants to build a “large” wind, solar and battery hub deep in the Pilbara near Newman.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 11, 2025

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Wind

Aussie tech could give second life to turbine blades in high-tech medical, agri uses
Pacific Blue has funded two research projects to see if Australia-made tech can reuse fibreglass extracted from old turbine blades in high-value sectors.
Rachel Williamson

Dec 11, 2025

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Storage

Origin to “significantly extend” storage capacity of Australia’s biggest battery, to cover evening demand peak
Origin approves expansion of what will already be the biggest battery in Australia as it seeks more storage capacity to fill the evening demand peaks.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 11, 2025

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Solar Insiders

Solar Insiders Podcast: Big trouble in the small-scale battery rebate
Smart Energy Council’s David McElrea on why federal Labor must make some urgent changes to its super successful Cheaper Home Batteries scheme – and what those changes might be. Plus news of the week.
Solar Insiders Podcast

Dec 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Queensland LNP dumps renewable targets, but can it teach coal plants to dance around solar?
Queensland LNP officially scraps state renewables targets, on the belief it can keep its coal fleet online until 2049. Even AEMO doubts it can dance around solar.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2025

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Renewables

Another big financing deal landed for wind, solar and solar-battery hybrid portfolio
Another major financing deal announced for renewable energy projects, this time for a portfolio that includes the NEM’s first solar battery hybrid project.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2025

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Videos

Video: A turning point for solar efficiency? AIKO’s 500W module explained
Renew Economy speaks with Thomas Bywater, Head of AIKO ANZ, about the world’s first 500 W module under 2 m² and how AIKO has solved the Back Contact scalability problem that held the architecture back for nearly five decades.
Sponsored Post

Dec 11, 2025

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Storage

The plunging cost of battery storage, and how it’s changed the grid – and saved the day for big solar
Cost of battery storage has fallen by 40 pct of more for second year in a row, changing the game for big solar, grid management, consumers and renewables in general.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Households to pay full cost for new gas connections as rules change to contain network death spiral
Households will have to pay up front and in full for new gas connection, thanks to new rule to protect consumers from the impending network death spiral.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 11, 2025

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Policy & Planning

Energy market rule maker wants to kill “loyalty tax” on consumers – and to hike fixed network charges
Australian Energy Market Commission makes a series of welcome energy pricing reform recommendations, and one that is bound to spark plenty of push-back.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 11, 2025

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Renewables

One of Australia’s biggest solar farms, in heart of Queensland coal country, reaches full commercial operations
One of the country’s biggest solar farms has reached full commercial operations, after being built well ahead of schedule.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 10, 2025

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Electrification

Gas shutdown in regional towns pushes households toward LPG, not electrification
A planned shutdown of gas networks in 10 regional towns has resulted in households being pushed towards LPG rather than electrifying their homes.
Anne Delaney

Dec 10, 2025

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Policy & Planning

EU locks in “strong but realistic” emissions reduction target of 90 pct by 2040
European Union members have set a new and binding 2040 climate target of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent compared to 1990 levels.
AAP

Dec 10, 2025

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Storage

Financial close reached for four-hour big battery to be built next to Australia’s biggest wind farm
Financial close has been reached for the four-hour big battery next to Australia’s biggest wind farm, paving the way for construction to start.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 10, 2025

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Policy & Planning

BHP sells stake in critical Pilbara power network in deal with global fund giant
BHP to sell $A3 billion stake in remote, stand-alone electricity network that is the backbone of its Pilbara mining operations to an offshoot of BlackRock.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 10, 2025

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Storage

Neoen to double size of Queensland battery to 2,300 MWh, its biggest in Australia
Neoen is to double the size of its first Queensland battery, making it the biggest in its Australian portfolio.
Giles Parkinson & Joshua S Hill

Dec 10, 2025

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Storage

Lithium-ion battery pack prices for the grid plunge by 45 per cent in past year
Lithium-ion battery prices fall to record low, with grid scale storage plunging 45 per cent in the last year, new survey shows.
Joshua S Hill

Dec 10, 2025

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Renewables

French oil giant emerges as rival to SunCable with plans for massive solar and battery facility near Darwin
French oil giant developing massive multi-gigawatt solar and battery project south of Darwin that may be rival to bigger SunCable project further south.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 10, 2025

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Policy & Planning

ISP warns of missed targets and added costs from delays, and as LNP throws coal spanner in the works
AEMO’s latest ISP says wind, solar and storage still cheapest option to replace coal, but warns that slower rollout may result in missed targets.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 10, 2025

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Commentary

AEMO’s latest ISP plots a steady course, but private sector is running out of excuses
The ISP remains the best planning document stakeholders could wish for. Its weakness is it’s only a planning document, someone else has to implement it.
David Leitch

Dec 10, 2025

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