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SunDrive’s copper cell bet and the long road to Kurri Kurri Companies

SunDrive’s copper cell bet and the long road to Kurri Kurri

Every solar cell made today carries a little sliver of silver screen-printed across its front and back, the fine metal fingers that pull current off the silicon and into the…

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Borumba pumped hydro: where Queensland’s 2GW bet actually stands
Grid & Storage

Borumba pumped hydro: where Queensland’s 2GW bet actually stands

Mary Valley Road out of Gympie still runs past dairy country before it climbs toward the Borumba Dam…

By Anjali Rao · 6 Nov 2026
WA’s SWIS: the grid with no neighbour to call
Grid & Storage

WA’s SWIS: the grid with no neighbour to call

Drive two hours south of Perth down the Forrest Highway and you'll pass transmission towers carrying power that,…

By Anjali Rao · 5 Nov 2026
Gas peakers versus big batteries: who actually wins the firming job
Grid & Storage

Gas peakers versus big batteries: who actually wins the firming job

I spent part of last weekend at a chess club afternoon in Brunswick, the kind of slow, low-stakes…

By Anjali Rao · 5 Nov 2026
Small modular reactors: what the technology can actually do now
Fossil Fuels & Gas

Small modular reactors: what the technology can actually do now

NuScale's first US customer, a group of Utah municipal utilities called UAMPS, walked away from its small modular…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 4 Nov 2026
Are we closing coal faster than we can replace it?
Policy & Markets

Are we closing coal faster than we can replace it?

Eight. That's how many coal units have left the NEM since 2022 across NSW, Victoria and South Australia,…

By Marcus Wren · 4 Nov 2026
NSW’s coal exit and the REZ rollout: a widening gap
Policy & Markets

NSW’s coal exit and the REZ rollout: a widening gap

Four coal units gone from the NSW grid since Liddell shut in 2023, and Eraring's exit still pencilled…

By Marcus Wren · 3 Nov 2026

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SunDrive’s copper cell bet and the long road to Kurri Kurri
Companies

SunDrive’s copper cell bet and the long road to Kurri Kurri

Every solar cell made today carries a little sliver of silver screen-printed across its front and back, the…

By Priya Nair · 8 Nov 2026
Ampol’s AmpCharge bet: EV charging on a forecourt built for petrol
Companies

Ampol’s AmpCharge bet: EV charging on a forecourt built for petrol

Pulled into the Ampol at Pheasants Nest on the Hume a few months back, mid-afternoon, and counted four…

By Sofia Marchetti · 1 Nov 2026
Goldwind Australia: the turbine maker that became a developer
Companies

Goldwind Australia: the turbine maker that became a developer

Drive the Glenelg Highway west of Ballarat and the turbines at Stockyard Hill start appearing on the horizon…

By Callum Hayes · 27 Oct 2026

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SunDrive’s copper cell bet and the long road to Kurri Kurri
Companies

SunDrive’s copper cell bet and the long road to Kurri Kurri

Every solar cell made today carries a little sliver of silver screen-printed across its front and back, the…

By Priya Nair · 8 Nov 2026
The Consumer Energy Resources roadmap: what it means on your roof
Solar Power

The Consumer Energy Resources roadmap: what it means on your roof

Three export limit changes in four years on the same switchboard. That's what a client in Pascoe Vale…

By Priya Nair · 16 Oct 2026
Home battery payback: does it stack up yet
Solar Power

Home battery payback: does it stack up yet

I had a client in Reservoir last month pull out a quote with a 14-year payback on a…

By Priya Nair · 10 Oct 2026

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Collie battery: the two big storage bets replacing WA coal
Grid & Storage

Collie battery: the two big storage bets replacing WA coal

Drive south from Bunbury on the Coalfields Highway and you hit Collie before you've finished your coffee: a…

By Anjali Rao · 8 Nov 2026
Queensland’s energy plan rests on pumped hydro and public money
Grid & Storage

Queensland’s energy plan rests on pumped hydro and public money

Drive the Jones Hill Road turnoff west of Imbil in the Sunshine Coast hinterland and you'll hit the…

By Anjali Rao · 7 Nov 2026
Grid-forming inverters: why the grid suddenly needs them
Grid & Storage

Grid-forming inverters: why the grid suddenly needs them

South Australia ran for stretches last decade on almost nothing but inverter-based generation, and more than once the…

By Anjali Rao · 7 Nov 2026

Policy & Markets

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Are we closing coal faster than we can replace it?
Policy & Markets

Are we closing coal faster than we can replace it?

Eight. That's how many coal units have left the NEM since 2022 across NSW, Victoria and South Australia,…

By Marcus Wren · 4 Nov 2026
NSW’s coal exit and the REZ rollout: a widening gap
Policy & Markets

NSW’s coal exit and the REZ rollout: a widening gap

Four coal units gone from the NSW grid since Liddell shut in 2023, and Eraring's exit still pencilled…

By Marcus Wren · 3 Nov 2026
Are big batteries being built for the wrong job?
Policy & Markets

Are big batteries being built for the wrong job?

Two hours. That's the median storage duration AEMO's own battery fleet data has hovered around for most of…

By Marcus Wren · 2 Nov 2026

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Energy Supply Australia is written by a small team that covers the grid, the market and the companies building the transition. No wire copy, no press releases dressed up as news.

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