Investment giant snaps up 1 GW solar and battery portfolio of retreating oil supermajor
Renewables dedicated offshoot of finance giant Macquarie emerges as buyer of oil giant's gigawatt-scale portfolio of solar and storage projects around Australia.
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The UK has just thrown its weight behind community energy. Australia should too
Last week, the UK committed up to £1 billion to community and local energy, with an ambition that by 2030, every community will have the opportunity to own an energy project. Australia should take notice.
New global data confirms renewables are booming – and not just in the big economies
Perhaps the most important feature of the latest monthly electricity data from the IEA is not that renewables dominate growth in electricity consumption but that every country is doing the same thing.
Australia’s biggest publicly owned wind farm gets federal green tick to go ahead in Queensland
Australia's biggest publicly owned wind farm has been cleared for construction in Queensland coal country after gaining federal environmental approval.
Energy Insiders Podcast: How industry, AI and data centres are reshaping demand
GridBeyond CEO Michael Phelan on how industrial loads and data centres are being orchestrated by AI and batteries to unlock gigawatts of hidden flexibility for the grid.
Australian home battery upstart banks “strategic investment” towards manufacturing plans
Perth-based energy storage and off-grid energy system specialist secures a new private equity investor to boost its home battery, community battery and EV battery recycling plans.
Can all solar homes become smart energy hubs? On paper – absolutely! IRL, a few hurdles remain
A South Australian trial to turn homes into grid-responsive energy hubs is now 100 households in, and has some brutal lessons to share.
Plan for Australia’s biggest solar-battery hybrid, with eight hours storage, get federal green tick
Plans for one of Australia's biggest solar-battery hybrid projects have been waved through the federal EPBC queue just one month after joining it.
