United States President Donald Trump is trying to unravel the signature climate policy of his predecessor Joe Biden, the Inflation Reduction Act, as part of a sweeping bid to dismantle the country’s climate ambition.

Australia’s battery market is booming — but not all system architectures are equally positioned to benefit.

While the discussion around Australia’s climate progress is typically hung in a frame of panic or hurried pessimism, encouraging new data shows that the country has seen some significant progress and is taking some long strides in its green energy transition.

Solcast, a DNV company, reports that irradiance across large portions of eastern Australia fell by up to 20% below the seasonal norm in autumn.

On the surface, Queensland’s new government is doing exactly what it pledged before winning office in October – repealing the state’s ambitious renewable energy targets and cancelling a huge pumped hydro project near Mackay.

Recent studies forecast Australia is on the precipice of a rooftop solar and household battery boom, predicting record breaking installation numbers driven by falling battery and solar module prices, government rebates and cost-of-living pressures.

A new report commissioned by Energy Consumers Australia is calling for the establishment of an independent national consumer energy resources body with adequate powers to boost participation in the national electricity market.

The installation of 34 new electric vehicle charging ports in Newcastle, powered by a council-owned solar farm, rises to meet a 1,000% surge in uptake of EVs in the city, in the past four years.

Australian battery tech startup Voltavate has secured $850,000 in an oversubscribed pre-seed funding round led by $1.22 billion global alternative investment management firm Artesian.

Australian-owned renewables developer ACEnergy has received connection approval for a four-hour capacity grid-forming battery energy storage project to be built in northwest Victoria.

University of New South Wales researchers have developed a simplified residual network-based architecture method to filter out noise from electroluminescence images of solar modules.

A new report calls for mandated solar installations on all new residential and industrial buildings in Sydney to help transform the city into an urban renewable energy zone capable of generating three quarters of its annual energy needs.

New Zealand renewables developer Lodestone Energy is expanding its footprint with construction starting on its first utility-scale solar farm on the country’s South Island.

A major Queensland airport has landed on rooftop solar to help power its operations with a new 190 kW PV installation now officially generating renewable energy at Sunshine Coast Airport.

Researchers at Deakin University have launched a first-of-its-kind project exploring how Australian households and small businesses with solar and or battery systems can sell their excess clean energy to others without the technology.

Australian printed solar tech company Kardinia Energy and globally acclaimed rock band Coldplay have together delivered one of the largest live-event deployments of mobile solar while providing a high-profile test for organic, ink-based photovoltaics.

The Queensland government has reinforced its commitment to the CopperString transmission line project that is to stretch across the state’s northwest, announcing it will allocate $2.4 billion towards the project.

BlackRock-owned Victorian battery storage developer Akaysha Energy’s 300 MWh Stage 1 Ulinda Park battery energy storage system is ready to enter the commissioning and testing phase.

Independent testing laboratory Kiwa-PVEL has published the 11th edition of its PV Module Reliability Scorecard, having extensively tested PV modules from 50 different manufacturers. The scorecard reveals improvements in energy yield per watt-peak and resistance to potential-induced degradation, but an increase in breakage under mechanical stress and hail simulations, and an overall higher failure rate are cause for concern to many.

Australian renewable energy market intelligence and mapping tool provder RenewMap has partnered with aerial imagery platform Nearmap in a move that provides users with access to the tech company’s high-resolution digitised content.

A feasability study for a Brisbane 55-unit residential apartment building to install rooftop solar and electric vehicle charging stations, completed by New South Wales-based solar comparison business Solar Choice, has resulted in the installation of 40 kW system, with room for future expansion.

Victorian energy technology company Amber Electric is expanding its battery and electric vehicle automation technology globally after successfully securing $45 million in capital funding.

German home energy and electrification company 1Komma5° has unveiled a residential energy ecosystem for the Australian market including solar panels, hybrid inverter, and the brand’s intelligent battery energy storage solution.

Swiss solar cell company Meyer Burger said it filed for insolvency for its German subsidiaries, following intensive efforts to keep Meyer Burger Industries GmbH and Meyer Burger Germany GmbH operational.

An international research team has observed a significant increase in series resistance in LECO-treated TOPCon solar cells after temperature and bias treatment. The scientists said they now need to conduct further investigations into its impact on cell efficiency, reliability, and bankability.

The New South Wales government has ended its home battery installation rebate, announcing it will instead provide up to $1,500 to households and small businesses that install a battery energy storage system and connect it to a virtual power plant.

Construction of a 200 MWh battery energy storage system has commenced on New Zealand’s North Island as part of power company Genesis Energy’s plans to transform the country’s largest thermal power station to renewables.

The Victorian government has fast-tracked two clean energy projects through its development facilitation program, including the 400 MWh Dederang battery energy storage system and widely opposed 500 MW Colbinabbin solar farm.

An alliance of over 60 industry, research and government partners have bid for federal government funding to create an agrisolar cooperative research centre, with multiple outposts around the country.

The Western Australian government has confirmed its planned $337 million household battery rebate scheme will operate in combination with the federal government’s $2.3 billion home battery subsidy initiative, rather than applicants being able to stack the two financial incentives.