Markets & Policy
Australia’s solar industry is deeply influenced by federal and state-level energy policies, regulatory frameworks, and evolving market mechanisms. This category offers comprehensive analysis of renewable energy targets, policy reforms, electricity pricing, and incentive programs like the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET). We also explore political debates, regulatory shifts, and the financial and strategic moves of key market players shaping the future of solar in Australia—from utility-scale developers to community-driven solar initiatives.
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Electrifying 35% of global energy demand by 2035 within striking distance
A new International Energy Agency report prepared at the request of COP31 President Türkiye, and COP31 President of Negotiations Australia, highlights global action needed to maximise the benefits of electrification, which are multiplied by low-emissions sources and investment in grids, resilience, storage, and sources of flexibility.
Clean energy developers must earn social licence to operate: Coalition
During an announcement of its proposed 8-point energy policy in September 2026, the Coalition government has said clean energy developers will have to prove local community support for projects and earn social licence in order to operate.
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Saturday read: Dirty double standard on display
Australia’s proposed 26 GW Asian Renewable Energy Hub has encountered what appears to be a governmental double standard, as the country’s environment minister has rejected an expanded proposal. Thankfully, the project’s proponents have not become discouraged in the face of this double standard; in fact, they’re doubling down.
Aug 13, 2021
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New rules revealed as AEMC aims to transform network into ‘two-way super-highway’
The Australian Energy Market Commission has retained a controversial two-way pricing mechanism in its finalised reforms package which has been designed to better integrate distributed energy resources, such as rooftop solar PV, batteries and electric vehicles into the grid, and transform it into a “two-way super-highway where energy flows in both directions”.
bp study confirms Australia’s green hydrogen export potential, and calls for carbon price
A bp Australia study partially supported by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency has confirmed the technical feasibility of large-scale renewable hydrogen and ammonia production for export in Australia, particularly in Western Australia’s Mid-West. However, the development of such an industry, says bp, requires strong government policy support, including a carbon price or emissions cap.
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NSW’s largest electricity user plans to go green, abandoning AGL’s coal
One of the country’s most electricity-intensive smelters plans to switch to renewable energy, a move which would drastically reduce its footprint and will send a clear message to generators that even if the federal government continues to support coal, Australia doesn’t.
Aug 11, 2021
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