Endeavour Energy community battery program switches on two new projects
Two New South Wales community batteries have been switched on in outer western Sydney suburbs, to enable 140 local residents access to renewable energy, whether they have solar or not, are home owners, renters or live in an apartment.
Clean energy to ignite $36 billion construction boom from 2026
A new report predicts that electricity will become the country’s largest infrastructure investment sector from 2026, driven by a boom in renewable energy construction, with solar construction projected to also peak around $5.7 billion in 2027/28.
New South Wales flat-rate solar feed-in tariff set for 2025-26
New South Wales has published it’s solar feed-in tariff benchmarks, showing electricity consumers can expect to receive a flat-rate solar feed-in tariff between 4.8 and 7.3 c / kWh from their retailer for solar electricity exported to the grid in 2025-26.
AEMO kicks off consultation on electricity network options
With cost estimates for overhead transmission line projects blowing out by up to 55%, the Australian Energy Market Operator has launched formal consultation on a draft report outlining a range of new and updated transmission network developments along with distribution network augmentation options.
Green switchgear supports Victorian university’s net zero target
Schneider Electric is supporting La Trobe University in Melbourne to achieve a net zero emission target with the installation of it’s green air-based switchgear, that maintains operation without greenhouse gases.
AEMC releases new fit-for-purpose grid access standards overhaul
Connecting to the grid will be faster and cheaper for renewable energy generators from August 2025, when new grid access standards come into play, to meet the changing needs of electricity generation technologies.
Risen secures grid connection approval for New South Wales battery project
China-headquartered solar panel supplier and solar farm developer Risen Energy Australia has received approval to connect it’s proposed 100 MW / 400 MWh Coleambally battery storage system to the grid.
Kaluza acquires Australian energy software specialist Beige Technologies
United Kingdom-headquartered energy software platform Kaluza has acquired Melbourne-based technology company Beige Technologies’s boosting platform capabilities for energy suppliers to the commercial and industrial sector.
Hitachi Energy to power New Zealand grid project’s second stage
Japan-headquartered technology company Hitachi Energy is supplying static synchronous compensators to the second stage of a grid transformation project on New Zealand’s North Island.
AEMO provides connection approval for DC-coupled solar and storage project
Construction of a 300 MW solar farm and 486 MWh battery energy storage project planned for southeast New South Wales is scheduled to commence later this year after developer Octopus Investments Australia received critical grid connection approval.
