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Canberra forms an expert committee to govern rooftop solar and EVs, as NSW's giant Waratah battery proves its grid-stabilising power in a major new test.
Federal energy ministers have established an expert committee to advise on national standards for consumer energy resources, including rooftop solar, batteries, and electric vehicles. The federal minister will retain final decision-making authority over these regulations to ensure consistency across the expanding distributed energy market.
Federal Nationals leader David Littleproud has requested the Queensland LNP planning minister intervene to halt the MacIntyre Wind Precinct despite the project already securing approval and commencing preliminary construction. The request for a ministerial 'call in' targets the development located within Littleproud's own electorate.
Akaysha Energy’s Waratah Super Battery has successfully completed its second System Integrity Protection Scheme test and recorded the Australian grid's largest single charging event. The 850 MW / 1,680 MWh facility in New South Wales is designed to act as a virtual transmission shock absorber to increase regional power flow capacity.
MG4 Urban, the brand's cheapest and best selling EV, sees $2,000 cashback, bringing driveaway price down to just $29,990.
Smart cuts prices on its #1 and #3 SUVs, less than 2 years after launching, now starting at under $50,000, as it prepares to launch the bigger #5 electric SUV.
Pursuing "space superiority" and critical supply chain risk mitigation, the DOE is providing grants seven to eleven research projects to advance space solar cell technologies, from III-V cells to standard terrestrial silicon and perovskites.
Volta Foundation’s July 2026 report ‘Where Batteries Can Win in Data Center Applications’ shows the two areas where battery energy storage systems (BESS) are winning, four where it is competing and two areas where it’s losing out to other technologie…
As the dust settles from the Aug. 6 announcement of tariffs and minimum import prices on polysilicon and its derivatives, Jesse Pichel and Lev Seleznov of Roth Capital Partners explain the impact the long-awaited decision is expected to have on US mo…
The orbital solar market is diversifying as the space economy's projected $2 trillion valuation by 2040 drives demand for advanced photovoltaic technology in cisLunar orbit. Eternal Sun | WAVELABS reports that the supplier landscape for space-based power is rapidly evolving to support expanding infrastructure between Earth and the moon.
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