Australia’s world-leading rollout of big and small batteries is turbocharging the energy transition and pushing down power bills. Can it last? Australia’s pipeline of operational and ...

From July 1, many Australians can choose something that once sounded absurd: free electricity in the middle of the day. The federal government’s opt-in Solar Sharer Offer will give three hours of free ...

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Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

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Energy Minister Chris Bowen has left the door open to an audacious union proposal to create cheap subsidised power for Australia’s struggling manufacturing and metals smelting businesses by ...

The necessity of the facility is "embarrassing" as the region is not connected to the national energy grid, according to local MP Robbie Katter. A global energy company is building Australia's largest ...

A "once in five year storm" is battering the south-west coast of WA, leaving thousands of homes without power. The low-pressure system driving the storm is expected to move eastward over the coming ...

A reliance on gas rather than renewables to power data centres may spark a 26 per cent per cent rise in NSW and 23 per cent in Victoria, according to modelling, as AI factories are expected to use as ...

Liddell Power Station's chimneys were brought down with explosives last week after months of meticulous planning. Owner AGL says the clean-up is underway following the successful demolition. After 18 ...

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The Australian Energy Market Operator revealed on Wednesday that Australia now has about 600,000 home batteries — nearly three times California’s total. It said stronger-than-expected battery uptake ...