Australian

Hydrogen Project

Australia Passes Bill Offering Hydrogen and Critical Minerals Tax Incentives

The Future Made in Australia (Production Tax Credit and Other Measures) Bill 2024 was introduced to the House of Representatives on 25 November 2024.The Austral…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal-Fired Generation Falls Below 50% of Australia’s Power for First Time

Australian Energy Market Operator has reported that the country’s reliance on coal has decreased, even reaching a new record.The rise in rooftop solar out…

Electricity Trade

Jemena Releases New Electricity Pricing Proposal

Jemena has submitted its Electricity Pricing and Services plan for 2026–31 to the Australian Energy Regulator (AER), proposing significant energy bill sav…

Electric Vehicle Charging

ARENA Funding to Boost Public EV Charging

Kerbside charging infrastructure across more than 60 local government areas across Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia is set to increase, with a $2.4…

Wind Farm

DP Energy Bags EPBC Approval for Queensland Wind Farm

Irish firm DP Energy has received Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation approval for its Callide Wind Farm in Queensland, Australia.In a statemen…

Wind Farm

Tilt Renewables Acquires 113-MW Wind Farm in New South Wales

Boco Rock Wind Farm.Australian renewable energy producer Tilt Renewables on Tuesday said it has agreed to acquire the Boco Rock Wind Farm in New South Wales, in…

Wind Farm

DP Energy Given Nod for 430MW Oz Wind Farm

Irish developer DP Energy’s 430MW Callide Wind Farm has won approval from the Australian government.Construction work on the project, located in the Calli…

CCS

Landmark SA CCS Project Opens

The Moomba Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) project in the Cooper Basin has officially opened, becoming Australia’s first large-scale onshore CCS initiati…

Distributed Grid

ARENA Allocates $20.8m for Western Australia Grid Project

This will fund the development of a system that will operate Distributed Energy Resources.The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has allocated $20.8m to…

Solar project

70GW Solar PV and Wind Project Larger Than Wales Submitted to Australia’s EPBC Act

The mega-project will sit across 1.2 million hectares of land and feature around 60 million solar PV modules.Western Australia’s Western Green Energy Hub …

LNG

Duo Exploring Avenues for Australian LNG Project’s Expansion to Enrich Gas Market

Australia’s energy giant Santos has joined forces with Tamboran Resources Corporation to look into a potential enlargement of a liquefied natural gas (LNG…

Battery

Quinbrook Closes $452M Funding for Australian Battery Storage

Supernode stages 1 and 2 comprise the largest battery storage financing in Australia to date.Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has closed a A$722m ($451.1m) fin…

Uranium Project

Core Energy Minerals Doubles Down on Uranium With Acquisition of South Australian Projects

The Cummins and Harris Greenstone uranium projects.Core Energy Minerals (ASX:CR3) is led by executive director Anthony Greenaway – also the vice president…

Battery

Australian Utility-Scale Battery Deployment Surges

With the commencement in December of construction on two new utility-scale battery projects in Queensland and New South Wales, 2024 set new records for BESS pro…

Metal

Australian Government Pledges $1.24 Billion in Green Aluminium Push

Australia's Labor government on Monday pledged A$2 billion ($1.24 billion) in production credits to help support the country's four aluminium smelters s…