Nov 2, 2026 | Policy & Regulations, Renewable Energy, Solar
Australia has raised the ceiling on its upfront rooftop-solar rebate tenfold, from 100 kilowatts to one megawatt, as of 1 October 2026. The change extends a roughly 20% discount — about A$68,000 off a 250 kW system — to the commercial and industrial roofs that hold an...
Oct 16, 2026 | Battery Technology, Renewable Energy, Smartgrids
On 12 October, grid-scale batteries in New South Wales earned an estimated AU$5.63 million in about two hours as the wholesale electricity price spiked to AU$23,107 per megawatt-hour — a touch under the market ceiling. That is more than three-fifths of what every...
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...
