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Canberra tightens its grip on gas exports as Victoria scraps a major renewable zone, revealing a transition pulled between federal intervention and local grid limits.
The Federal Government’s draft Domestic Supply Obligation legislation mandates WA gas exporters reserve 15% of production for local use, but allows a 10% annual volume deferral over three years. Commencing January 1, 2028, the scheme permits the Energy Minister to vary requirements based on infrastructure outages, subject to a new commercial reasonableness test.
The Federal Government has modified its domestic gas reservation strategy, requiring producers to offer a maximum of 20% of their export volumes to the Australian market to mitigate energy price pressures.
The Victorian Government has cancelled the Central North Renewable Energy Zone, citing limited remaining hosting capacity for additional wind and solar developments. Officials stated the region already contains significant renewable projects, effectively halting further large-scale zoning expansion in the area.
European Energy Australia has finished installing 200,172 solar panels at its Winton North hybrid project, marking a major construction milestone. The facility, which integrates solar and battery storage, is expected to begin operations in 2027.
The federal government intends to grant technical oversight of consumer energy resources, including rooftop solar, batteries, and electric vehicles, to its own department instead of an independent regulator. This shift in governance for distributed assets has drawn criticism from consumer advocates who previously expected oversight to sit with a regulatory body.
Queensland local government leaders have warned renewable energy proponents to improve community engagement and project quality under stricter state planning regulations. Mayors indicated that speculative developers are exiting the market as new rules demand higher standards for wind and solar proposals to secure social license and approvals.
Mercury has finished the 155MW second stage of its Kaiwera Downs wind farm near Gore, New Zealand, adding 36 turbines to the Southland facility's total generation capacity.
Spanish energy giant withdraws a massive battery project after being "called in" by planning minister, but says it has not abandoned it.
Australia's biggest transmission company has effectively put the "house full" sign up for data centres in Sydney and urged others to look at regions for spare capacity.
Akaysha Energy's Waratah Super Battery in Australia briefly reached its full rated output of 850MW on 7 September.
Regulator says "enforcement action will be taken where it is warranted," as it secures a fraud conviction amid Coalition claims of home battery scheme rorting.
Federal Greens fall into line with NSW counterparts and allow a plan to use carbon credits to support creation of the Great Koala National Park in northern NSW.
One of the main buildings at key Tasmania hydro power stations will need to be demolished after a fire broke out last week.
Polestar confirms it has cut prices for the 2027 Polestar 4 coupé, aligning its price with the recently launched Polestar 4 electric SUV.
The venture-capital-style returns once available in Australia have disappeared, according to panellists at the Battery Asset Management Summit Australia 2026.
SMT Energy and FlexGen have commissioned a 160MW/320MWh battery energy storage portfolio in Houston, Texas, completing the project in a six-week timeframe. The dual-hour duration assets are now operational to support the ERCOT grid during periods of record-breaking electricity demand.
Econergy has launched commercial operations at its 70 MW/141 MWh Părău 1 battery project in Romania, paired with an existing 92 MW solar plant to create a 162 MW hybrid site.
We hear from Angus Gordon Lennox, chair of the Gore Street Energy Storage Fund (GSF), which faces a shareholder vote next week on its future.
The South Korean government has launched a committee to rebuild the country's domestic solar supply chain and push next-generation cell technology, as Chinese manufacturers continue to gain ground in its home market.
Deutsche Windtechnik (DWT) has secured a new contract to provide technical maintenance and services for the Riffgat offshore wind farm.
Suriname has launched a tender for the design, procurement, and construction of solar-plus-storage minigrids and water infrastructure to serve rural regions. Interested parties must submit their proposals by the October 30 deadline.
WattPower says its 506KTL inverter has a maximum efficiency of 99.1% and a European efficiency of 98.8%.
B2U Storage Power has expanded its SEPV Cuyama facility in California to 25MWh using repurposed EV batteries, while Moment Energy secured UL 1974 safety certification and Rebaba Power Systems obtained seed funding for European expansion. These developments signal maturing operational and financial pathways for the global second-life battery storage sector.
Chinese researchers have developed a two-step process to recycle waste TPT solar backsheets into hierarchical porous carbon for supercapacitor electrodes.
Two pilot deployments of sodium-ion (Na-ion) battery storage technologies are currently being solicited in India.
Island Green Power has received consent from Scottish Ministers to develop a 500MW BESS near New Deer in Aberdeenshire, UK.
A roundup of large-scale BESS news from in and around the Nordic region, with Sweden-based Flower building a project in Germany, Volvo launching one in Sweden and Delta Capacity securing a toll for one in Finland.
We look at the iron-air battery technology of startup Ore Energy, including how it works and technology developments it is pursuing after a recent US$43 million fundraise.
Europe will need roughly 60 new large-reactor or SMR projects to enter planning and development over the next four years.
New subsidy schemes in Romania will cover up to 100% of the costs associated with installing solar-plus-storage at public institutions, or with adding storage to existing PV installations. Calls for proposals open tomorrow.
Thailand's updated Power Development Plan aims to achieve a 50% renewable energy share within a decade, specifically targeting the addition of 10 GW in rooftop solar capacity.
Sonnedix has obtained $1.3 billion in refinancing to accelerate the development of its renewable energy and battery storage portfolio in Chile.
The Japanese oil refiner says its development laboratory in South Carolina will conduct prototypes of space-grade copper indium gallium-selenide solar cells as it works toward commercialising the technology.
Soochow University and Longi researchers developed a ZrO₂ interfacial strategy that reduces recombination and leakage while improving charge extraction in perovskite-silicon tandem solar cells.
Australia's EV charging network is struggling to keep up with new car sales, a report has found, with an average of 24 electric cars for every public charger.
Midsummer's minority stake in a new Indonesian joint venture marks its second copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) manufacturing partnership abroad, following a similar equipment-and-know-how deal in Colombia and a decision to shelve its own planned…
Perth-based logistics giant backs plans to build state's first electric heavy freight charging network, including an initial three 12-bay stations.
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