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 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...
Aug 4, 2026 | Renewable Energy, Solar
A solar farm’s capture rate is the share of the average wholesale price it actually earns — and it falls as more solar gets built, because every panel generates in the same midday hours and floods the market it sells into. In spring 2026 Europe’s solar...
