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How rooftop solar feed-in tariffs actually work in 2026 Solar Power

How rooftop solar feed-in tariffs actually work in 2026

Check your solar retailer's rate card right now and you'll probably see two numbers that don't look like they belong to the same product: something like 3c/kWh for power exported…

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Coal closures and the reliability debate, 2026 edition
Fossil Fuels & Gas

Coal closures and the reliability debate, 2026 edition

Eraring was supposed to be gone by now. It isn't, and the fact that it isn't tells you…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 5 Aug 2026
How the NEM dispatches power every five minutes
Policy & Markets

How the NEM dispatches power every five minutes

Two hundred and eighty-eight times a day, in every region of the National Electricity Market, a piece of…

By Marcus Wren · 3 Aug 2026
The east-coast gas supply question, again
Fossil Fuels & Gas

The east-coast gas supply question, again

The short version is this: the southern states are still short of gas from around the middle of…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 2 Aug 2026
Negative electricity prices at midday: what they mean for you
Solar Power

Negative electricity prices at midday: what they mean for you

Around 1pm on a clear day last week, the wholesale price in South Australia dropped to minus $60…

By Priya Nair · 2 Aug 2026
Nuclear versus firmed renewables: the cost argument, again
Fossil Fuels & Gas

Nuclear versus firmed renewables: the cost argument, again

The short version is this: nobody serious disputes that a firmed renewables grid is cheaper to build over…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 1 Aug 2026
State renewable energy targets compared: the honest scorecard
Policy & Markets

State renewable energy targets compared: the honest scorecard

Victoria wants 95 per cent renewable electricity by 2035. Tasmania is already past 100 per cent and chasing…

By Marcus Wren · 1 Aug 2026

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Ampol’s AmpCharge gamble: EV chargers on the servo forecourt
Companies

Ampol’s AmpCharge gamble: EV chargers on the servo forecourt

Pulled into an Ampol on the Hume Highway just south of Yass a few weeks back, mid road…

By Sofia Marchetti · 29 Jul 2026
ACEN Australia: the Philippines-backed builder behind New England Solar
Companies

ACEN Australia: the Philippines-backed builder behind New England Solar

Drive the New England Highway south out of Uralla on a clear afternoon and you'll see it before…

By Callum Hayes · 28 Jul 2026
Santos: Moomba’s carbon bet and the Narrabri gas standoff
Companies

Santos: Moomba’s carbon bet and the Narrabri gas standoff

The short version: Santos runs one of the biggest carbon capture projects on the planet in a paddock…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 28 Jul 2026

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How rooftop solar feed-in tariffs actually work in 2026
Solar Power

How rooftop solar feed-in tariffs actually work in 2026

Check your solar retailer's rate card right now and you'll probably see two numbers that don't look like…

By Priya Nair · 11 Aug 2026
Negative electricity prices at midday: what they mean for you
Solar Power

Negative electricity prices at midday: what they mean for you

Around 1pm on a clear day last week, the wholesale price in South Australia dropped to minus $60…

By Priya Nair · 2 Aug 2026
Australia’s Consumer Energy Resources roadmap: what it means on the ground
Solar Power

Australia’s Consumer Energy Resources roadmap: what it means on the ground

Somewhere around 3.6 million Australian households now have rooftop solar. That number has been cited so often it's…

By Priya Nair · 21 Jul 2026

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Transmission versus distribution: who owns the poles and wires
Grid & Storage

Transmission versus distribution: who owns the poles and wires

Drive along the Hume Highway between Yass and Wagga and you'll pass under a line of steel towers…

By Anjali Rao · 11 Aug 2026
South Australia’s renewable energy record: what it hides
Grid & Storage

South Australia’s renewable energy record: what it hides

On a mild, windy afternoon in late spring, South Australia's grid can run for hours on nothing but…

By Anjali Rao · 7 Aug 2026
Snowy Hydro: government giant, contested projects, uncertain returns
Companies

Snowy Hydro: government giant, contested projects, uncertain returns

Snowy 2.0 has been under construction since tunnelling began in earnest in 2021, and five years on, Australians…

By Anjali Rao · 19 Jul 2026

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How the NEM dispatches power every five minutes
Policy & Markets

How the NEM dispatches power every five minutes

Two hundred and eighty-eight times a day, in every region of the National Electricity Market, a piece of…

By Marcus Wren · 3 Aug 2026
State renewable energy targets compared: the honest scorecard
Policy & Markets

State renewable energy targets compared: the honest scorecard

Victoria wants 95 per cent renewable electricity by 2035. Tasmania is already past 100 per cent and chasing…

By Marcus Wren · 1 Aug 2026
Alinta Energy: the quiet giant still burning coal
Companies

Alinta Energy: the quiet giant still burning coal

Roughly 1.1 million customers. A coal station that was supposed to close years ago. A Hong Kong billionaire…

By Marcus Wren · 21 Jul 2026

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