Sep 29, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
When South Australia’s grid began running on more than half wind and solar, it did not run short of power. It ran short of system strength — the grid’s ability to hold its voltage steady and, crucially, to push enough current into a fault that the...
Aug 31, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Wind
Victoria has opened Australia’s first offshore wind auction, seeking bids for 2 gigawatts of capacity off the Gippsland coast — enough, the government says, to power around 1.5 million homes. Contracts will not be awarded until 2028, and the first turbines are...
Aug 28, 2026 | Battery Technology, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
A grid-following inverter can only push power into a grid that already exists. A grid-forming inverter can build the grid — set its voltage and frequency itself, the way a spinning generator does. That one distinction decides whether solar panels and batteries can...
Aug 26, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids, Wind
Australia connected a record 9.1 gigawatts of new clean generation and storage in the year to June 2026, more than double the year before. Just 0.2 GW of it was wind. That one number is why the country’s target of 82% renewable electricity by 2030 — a target...
Aug 19, 2026 | Home Electrification, Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy
Australia has installed more than 507,000 subsidised home batteries in the thirteen months since it switched on a national rebate, crossing half a million in mid-August 2026 and parking roughly 14 GWh of storage behind household meters. The United States spent the...
