An electricity grid with 18 times more electric vehicles than today, another doubling of rooftop solar penetration, and parts of the network where peak demand occurs in winter as more and more households get rid of gas… This is what the next five-year plan looks like for Victoria’s largest electricity

Tesla has called for bids for its ground-breaking virtual power plant in South Australia – a network of about 7,000 household batteries that can serve the world’s most advanced renewables grid by helping it meet demand peaks and also by providing some essential system services. The Tesla VPP – like

Terrain Solar and Ratch Australia have submitted plans for a combined solar and battery project in the Hunter Valley, within a stone’s throw of some of the region’s biggest coal mines. The Maison Dieu project seeks to combine 60 megawatts (MW) of solar and 40 MW and 80 megawatt hours

A joint development deal with Germany will unlock $660 million of shared investment in Australian hydrogen projects, providing some certainty after setbacks. Announcing the pact on Friday, Energy Minister Chris Bowen said the joint funding, available over the next 10 years, would support new commercial supply and access to the

Federal Labor has set out a plan for Australia to produce at least 15 millions tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year by 2050, and at least 0.5 million tonnes a year by 2030, as part of a new national strategy published on Friday. The 2024 National Hydrogen Strategy provides a

Great Britain’s electricity system made a big leap forward in August 2024. The amount of power generated by fossil fuels fell to 3.6 terrawatt-hours (TWh), its lowest level in over a century. This meant that each kilowatt-hour of electricity consumed during August emitted on average just 84 grams of CO₂.

This week the Allen government introduced legislation to progress its long-standing policy of replacing Victoria’s rapidly disappearing gas supplies with climate friendly alternatives. If you were reading the Murdoch press, whose main source seemed to be press releases from the gas industry and the Liberal party, then you would have

The Port of Newcastle, the world’s largest coal port, has completed the installation of its first major rooftop solar system, as part of the Port Authority of NSW’s ambitions of reaching net-zero emissions by 2040. Located atop the Newcastle Port Centre, the new 35.6kW solar system consists of 81 solar

A bill to certify renewable electricity and the carbon footprint of the emerging hydrogen industry has been referred for a Senate inquiry. Introducing the proposed legislation to parliament on Thursday, Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Josh Wilson said the framework would track and verify emissions across a product’s

Iron ore and green energy company Fortescue has broken ground on its $150 million PEM50 green hydrogen project in Gladstone, Queensland. The two-stage 50 megawatt (MW) project reached financial close at the start of this year and is planned to start producing hydrogen in 2025.  The first stage is a

Energy retailer SmartestEnergy Australia continues to hoover up power purchase agreements, the latest being a deal to take half of the output from Neoen Australia’s 440 megawatt (MWp) Culcairn solar farm. The Culcairn project in New South Wales’ (NSW) Riverina district is still under construction with owner Neoen starting the