3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (427+ words) A new report from independent industry think-tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE) has found that shared infrastrucutre in Western Australia (WA) is falling short of a needed 40.5 GW of renewable generation and 125 GWh of storage by 2035. The report says barriers to…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (435+ words) The Victorian government’s renewable energy zone coordinator Vic Grid has announced the Central North Renewable Energy Zone (REZ) will not proceed as a result of technical assesments finding solar generation developments already operating or proposed for the the region have…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (438+ words) Australia’s rooftop solar boom has cut wholesale power prices to very low levels in the middle of the day. As a result, electricity retailers in New South Wales (NSW), South Australia, South-east Queensland and Victoria (from October 2026) will be required…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (315+ words) A consortium led by Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (Fraunhofer ISE) has developed thicker battery electrodes that could increase cell-level energy density by 10% to 15% without adding weight. “The new cell architecture was developed with future mass production in…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (349+ words) The Australian arm of European Energy has announced that all 200,172 solar panels are now in place at the Winton North solar farm and battery energy storage project being built in northeast Victoria. The facility, being built across a 256-hectare site…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (464+ words) The New South Wales government has revealed plans to expand the rooftop solar network across Sydney’s International Convention Centre (ICC) at Darling Harbour with more than 4,500 PV panels to be installed on its rooftop. A 550 kW solar array was installed…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (322+ words) The White Cliffs Solar Power Station, the first commercially operated solar thermal power station in New South Wales (NSW) and one of the earliest of its kind in the world, has been listed on the State Heritage Register. Built in…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (259+ words) Chinese energy storage solutions provider Hoymiles has released a new electric vehicle (EV) charger. The V2X DC Charger supports bidirectional charging, allowing EVs to serve as energy resources for homes. “It can provide backup power when the grid is unavailable through…...

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (312+ words) For Victorians in apartments, the gap runs in two directions at once. They are falling behind the homeowners down the street, and they are falling behind apartment residents in other states. As the world’s only provider of technology that lets…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (361+ words) CSIRO and Macquarie University have teamed with the Australian arm of Philippines-based energy company Acen Corp to bring new precision to vegetation management, fire preparedness and daily operations at Acen’s New England Solar Farm site in New South Wales (NSW)....