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A severe wind drought sent NEM prices soaring nearly 400% week-on-week, hitting the market price cap and testing the limits of Australia's battery storage fleet.
AEMO’s 2024 WEM Electricity Statement of Opportunities forecasts a capacity surplus in Western Australia until 2028-29, driven by high VPP participation and delayed coal retirements. However, potential supply gaps are expected from 2031 as ageing gas and coal plants exit, requiring timely delivery of new generation, storage, and transmission to meet rising electrification demand.
South Australia's SA1 trading region reached the NEM AU$20,300/MWh price cap twice during the evening of 21 June.
Australian east coast spot gas prices have dropped to unexpected lows of $3-$5/GJ in Victoria and New South Wales, despite typical winter demand peaks. While global LNG benchmarks surge due to Middle East supply disruptions and infrastructure damage, domestic rates remain decoupled and have consistently stayed at or below $8/GJ since early May.
A severe wind drought across the National Electricity Market triggered significant price spikes, leaving battery storage operators in one state under-prepared for the supply shortfall. This event represents the lowest single-day wind generation recorded in over two years, testing grid reliability and storage dispatch strategies.
A massive coal mine expansion backed by a global mining giant has been given environmental approval by state LNP government, despite its huge climate and biodiversity impacts.
Pattern Energy has commenced full operations at the 3.5-gigawatt SunZia Wind project in New Mexico, establishing it as the largest renewable energy facility in United States history. The onshore development is designed to generate and transmit a higher volume of electricity than the Hoover Dam.
Squadron Energy has commenced tower installation and received critical transformers at the 414 MW Uungula Wind Farm near Wellington. This project currently represents the only wind farm under active construction within New South Wales.
Australian residential swimming pools are identified as significant flexible loads that could bolster grid stability and reduce annual household costs. Optimising these high-consumption assets offers a pathway to enhance electricity network flexibility while supporting the transition to renewable energy sources.
A site visit to North West China highlights the region's rapid energy transformation, characterized by the deployment of thousands of wind turbines, extensive new transmission infrastructure, and the adoption of electric coal haulage trucks.
Chinese electric carmaker unveils new long-range SUV it says delivers improved performance, efficiency, and charging capability – for the same price.
Australian iron ore giant signs agreement to charter up to 12 ammonia-capable ships, marking a significant new step along the path to "real zero" emissions.
Cost-of-living rhetoric is ramping up ahead of a state budget as leaders deliver warnings to energy companies.
We talk Trailseeker, PV5, J5, and unpack the sometimes confusing world of EV range claims. Plus, news of the week.
What are the biggest hurdles to electrifying Australia? We ask the people who are building, regulating, studying and living the transition.
Honda's electric city car is unlikely to dominate car sales figures, but it does fit into an Australian car segment that has been severely under-served in recent times.
Banpu NEXT reports that regulatory stability has surpassed hardware costs as the primary driver for battery storage investment across the Asia-Pacific. The firm identifies policy certainty as the critical factor for navigating regional market barriers and securing long-term project viability in the evolving BESS sector.
US company Nextpower has announced plans to acquire German PV mounting systems supplier Zimmermann PV Steel, in a transaction worth around €330 million ($378 million) in cash and stocks.
Global renewable energy spending is projected to surpass $700 billion by 2026. Despite this record capital inflow, the sector's primary obstacle is shifting from generation capacity to grid infrastructure constraints.
European energy storage capacity surpassed nuclear power for the first time in Q2 2024, according to Energy Storage Europe. Despite this milestone, the trade association reports that no nation across the continent has yet achieved its full deployment potential.
Infinity Power signed three agreements at the 2026 Africa Energy Forum to advance renewable energy developments across the African continent. These memorandums of understanding aim to expand the company's regional clean energy portfolio through various unspecified generation projects.
Tata Power has received an LoI from REC Power Development and Consultancy for the acquisition of Ryapte Power Transmission project.
EcoFlow debuted its latest residential and commercial battery storage systems alongside an AI-driven energy management platform at the Intersolar event. The product launch targets the European market with new plug-in storage solutions and industrial-scale hardware designed to optimize onsite energy consumption.
Saulteau First Nations and EDF power solutions North America finalised a 30-year EPA with BC Hydro for the 200.6MW Taylor South Wind Project.
Analysis by the European Heat Pump Association says 2.88 million heat pumps were sold across 21 European countries last year, enough to replace 2.5 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas.
PV Magazine and Vireo Ventures have released a market overview mapping 91 energy start-ups across sectors including battery hardware, diagnostics, and flexibility marketing. The report categorizes these emerging firms by their business models and target audiences to provide a snapshot of current innovation in the global energy transition.
Startup Ore Energy has signed an agreement with a utility in the Netherlands to deploy up to 1,000MWh of multi-day-duration iron-air batteries.
The world’s solar fleet surpassed 3 TW in early 2026 but with China forecast to install less solar this year than last, the global solar market appears on course for its first market contraction in over 20 years.
Researchers evaluated solar PV viability in Norway’s high-latitude Arctic settlements, identifying significant summer generation potential and rooftop availability despite challenges from permafrost and extreme seasonal light. The study suggests solar could effectively complement wind and storage to replace fossil fuel reliance in remote polar energy systems.
Nextpower has agreed to acquire Zimmermann PV-Steel Group, a Germany-based solar technology company with operations in over 58 countries.
The new modules deliver up to 670 W with a 90% bifaciality factor, yielding a 1.4% LCOE reduction for utility-scale and commercial projects, said the company.
A simulation study of MAPbI₃ perovskite solar cells shows that quasi-sinusoidal interface texturing outperforms pyramidal and bumpy morphologies by achieving the best balance between light absorption and charge transport.
Research from Germany has published an open-access dataset covering the Jülich Solar Tower in western Germany.
The Computer PV-12 is a reactive energy controller for photovoltaic self-consumption systems that can manage up to three current sources on a single phase.