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Lower battery costs advancing Australia's net-zero goals: CSIRO

VINNY VUCAGO  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 JUL 2026  |  NEWS
... wind will account for 93% of Australia's electricity generation by 2050 under a least cost net-zero pathway, supported by hydro, storage, transmission and flexile generation including gas and hydrogen. It also found while some fossil fuel technologies ...

Grattan warns Australia must plan for a future with less gas

VINNY VUCAGO  |  FRIDAY, 5 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
Australia needs to stop assuming gas will remain a permanent feature of the energy system and begin actively managing its decline, according to new research from the Grattan Institute. In a report, Out of Gas: Managing the decline of gas in Australia ...

ARENA backs major expansion of vehicle-to-grid trial

VINNY VUCAGO  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has committed an additional $13.6 million to expand a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) project led by Amber Electric, in a move aimed at accelerating the adoption of EVs as flexible energy assets and strengthening ...

Australia needs a gas transition plan, fast: Grattan

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 1 JUN 2026  |  NEWS
As the use of gas across Australia declines, the Grattan Institute said the government needs a strong gas transition action plan to ensure the process is not costly, chaotic and inequitable. "Australia is at a critical juncture in energy policy. The ...

ARENA mandated to deliver $1.1bn cleaner fuel program

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 14 MAY 2026  |  NEWS
... Energy Australia; HAMR Energy; HIF Asia Pacific; Murchison Hydrogen Renewables; Perdaman Commercial Developments; and Summit Hydro.

Government kicks off Investor Front Door pilot projects

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 9 APR 2026  |  NEWS
Treasurer Jim Chalmers, minister for infrastructure, transport, regional development and local government Catherine King, and minister for industry and innovation and minister for science Tim Ayres unveiled the Investor Front Door's first pilot projects. ...

ACCR appeals Federal Court's Santos decision

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
The Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) has enlisted a new law firm to appeal the Federal Court's recent finding that Santos did not engage in greenwashing. In 2021, the ACCR lodged Federal Court proceedings against Santos, claiming ...

ASX-listed Pilot Energy secures $25m from US asset manager

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 9 MAR 2026  |  NEWS
Australia's Pilot Energy has secured $25 million from LDA Capital, a US alternative investment manager. The equity funding package will allow Pilot Energy to draw down the amount by exercising put options to LDA Capital over a period of three years. ...

Landmark greenwashing case against Santos dismissed

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 18 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
The Australian Centre for Corporate Responsibility (ACCR) lost its case against Santos, with the federal court determining the oil and gas producer did not engage in greenwashing. On Tuesday, February 17 the federal court handed down its ruling, finding ...

Australia needs to ramp up decarbonisation efforts: BloombergNEF

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 2 FEB 2026  |  NEWS
... electricity generation in the National Electricity Market (NEM) in the second half of last year, with renewables output (including hydro) totalling 44% from 40% in the previous reporting period. BNEF urged that decisive action needs to be taken for Australia ...
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