6+ hour, 54+ min ago   (1023+ words) Solar’s end of life is not a problem for 2050. Decisions are being made right now. Ask most people when an Australian solar farm reaches end-of-life and they will point to a date three decades later. The panels degrade, the story…...

6+ hour, 41+ min ago   (686+ words) Investors are ranking the slow pace of transmission construction as their biggest hurdle to getting projects built, but the grid is no longer a total red flag for wind and solar developers, with two leading energy executives praising the rate…...

9+ hour, 7+ min ago   (468+ words) Tuesday, July 21, 2026 Spanish energy giant Naturgy has reached a financial investment decision on its second solar-battery hybrid project in Australia, having already delivered the country’s first a little over a year ago. Naturgy says the $500 million Fraser Coast project, combing…...

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (318+ words) The final turbine has been installed at the biggest wind farm to be built in Australia to date, the 1.33 gigawatt (GW) Golden Plains facility in Victoria. The milestone was announced by turbine supplier Vestas, which said that all 215 of its…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (662+ words) Monday, July 20, 2026 Having spent the better part of my career involved in the machinery that keeps power systems running, I’ve watched Australia’s wind industry grow from a handful of demonstration projects into a fleet of roughly 13 gigawatts (GW) spread across…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (486+ words) Image: Mokoan Solar Park. Source: European Energy, LinkedIn Danish renewables developer European Energy will forge ahead with plans to add a two-hour big battery to an existing solar farm in northern Victoria after locking in a major new funding deal…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1023+ words) Plans to build a national solar PV recycling program in Australia are on hold, after the country’s flagship pilot was quietly suspended in May, with no indication of when it might restart. The Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1022+ words) If Australia is to achieve its target of reaching 82 per cent renewables by 2030, or even a few years later, and reach even higher levels down the track, it’s going to have to learn to operate the grid without fossil fuel…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (171+ words) Renew Economy Virtual power plants have been talked about for years as a crucial part of Australia’s clean energy future. But a recent ACCC Electricity Inquiry found fewer than one in four battery owners have signed up to a VPP,…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (1253+ words) A small oil and gas company in Western Australia has collapsed under the weight of $200 million in decommissioning costs, and renewables experts are paying close attention. ASX-listed Pilot Energy has brought in administrators after failing to secure the funding or…...