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Australia has officially reached a massive milestone in our transition to a smarter, more resilient energy grid. Federal Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen, announced today that the Cheaper Home Batteries program has now seen 250,000 systems installed. techau.com.au/250000-and-c...

How will datacentres affect Australia’s power prices, water supply and emissions? There’s a growing expectation that if you build a datacentre you must meet your own energy needs. But there are other key policy questions that need answering

How will datacentres affect Australia’s power prices, water supply and emissions?

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Fixed Charges Hike Could Wipe Out Battery Rebate Savings New analysis finds AEMC's proposal for higher fixed network charges would disproportionally raise bills for solar & battery owners.

Fixed Charges Hike Could Wipe Out Battery Rebate Savings

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Heated rhetoric, hard numbers and the energy reality check - Blog - Solar Directory Energy security, storage advances and community realities challenge nuclear’s appeal as renewables scale faster in Australia.

Spend five minutes talking publicly about solar and batteries in #Australia and someone will inevitably declare that #nuclear is the only serious answer. Usually with great confidence. #auspol #renewables

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YouTube video by The Electric Viking $63 Billion and Counting: Why Nuclear Power is a Financial Disaster in the West

$63 Billion and Counting: Why #Nuclear Power is a Financial Disaster in the West
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Coal miner cops "substantial penalty" for polluting Blue Mountains waterways State EPA orders coal mining company to pay major fines and penalties for dumping untreated water into a river near the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.

Slack Centennial Coal cops fine & penalties after releasing filthy mine waste water to Wollangambe River near Lithgow near WORLD HERITAGE Area. Repeat offender.
Thanks @NSW_EPA for the hard work.

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People are totally flipping out and losing their marbles over the building of wind turbines and solar farms in their area, so how in God's name is anyone going to build a nuclear plant, and where? I don't think there's a town in Australia that would accept it.
#auspol #nuclear

Cuba’s Solar Gamble: Power, Politics and Survival in a Time of Crisis - Blog - Solar Directory Cuba’s rapid shift to solar between 2024 and 2026 is a survival strategy shaped by fuel collapse, sanctions and urgent grid reform.

Cuba’s Solar Gamble: Power, Politics and Survival in a Time of Crisis

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New Vehicle Emissions Data: An EV Shift For Solar Homes The first results under Australia’s new vehicle emissions rules reveal an EV trend with big implications for homes with rooftop solar.

The first performance results have been published under Australia’s new National Vehicle Emissions Standard (NVES) — and while the immediate impact on electric vehicle numbers is modest, the data hints at changes.

#evs www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/new-veh...

Solar LCOE to fall 30% by 2035, says BloombergNEF Analysis from BloombergNEF finds the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of a typical fixed-axis solar farm increased by 6% year-on-year in 2025 to stand at $55/MWh, but innovation and competition ar...

Analysis from BloombergNEF finds the levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of a typical fixed-axis solar farm increased by 6% year-on-year in 2025 to stand at $55/MWh, but innovation and competition are expected to see costs fall by 30% through to 2035.

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What the Solar Sharer Offer Actually Means for Your Bill - Blog - Solar Directory A plain-English breakdown of the Solar Sharer Offer, the 24kWh cap, smart meters, and what “free” midday power could really mean for your bill.

What the Solar Sharer Offer Actually Means for Your Bill

#labor #auspol #solarpower

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New global data confirms renewables are booming – and not just in the big economies Perhaps the most important feature of the latest monthly electricity data from the IEA is not that renewables dominate growth in electricity consumption but that every country is doing the same thing.

Perhaps the most important feature of the latest monthly electricity data from the #IEA is not that renewables dominate growth in #electricity consumption but that every country is doing the same thing.

Don't Bet The House On Cheap Batteries - We'll All Pay Twice So you're spending $5000 on a battery. It's too cheap not to try, but can you afford another $25,000 to replace it if the lights go out?

After 17+ years experiencing the ebb and flow of the solar industry, the sheer number of new battery brands available right now is mind boggling.
#homebatteries #batterystorage
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Australian home battery upstart banks "strategic investment" towards manufacturing plans Perth-based energy storage and off-grid energy system specialist secures a new private equity investor to boost its home battery, community battery and EV battery recycling plans.

Perth-based #energy storage and off-grid energy system specialist secures a new private equity investor to boost its home battery, community battery and #EV battery recycling plans.

Big battery capacity jumps globally 12-fold in four years The global capacity of utility-scale batteries has increased by more than 12 times between 2020 and 2024, according to the International Energy Agency Electricity 2026 report.

Global utility-scale battery capacity just grew 12× in four years. Costs down ~58%. Duration rising.

This isn’t incremental — it’s exponential. Storage is moving from grid support to grid backbone.

Solar changed generation. Batteries are rewriting architecture.

This is #Bettrification 🔋⚡

New big battery kicks off commercial operations next to outage-prone Queensland coal plant Queensland coal generator celebrates the commercial start of its first big battery, which will provide essential firming capacity and reliability "within fractions of a second."

Queensland coal generator celebrates the commercial start of its first big battery, which will provide essential firming capacity and reliability “within fractions of a second.”

Records tumble as nine wind and solar projects, 1 GW of batteries join grid in just three months If Angus Taylor thought there was "too much wind and solar" on Australia's grid back when he was federal energy minister in 2018, have we got news for him in 2026.

Records tumble as nine wind and solar projects, 1 GW of batteries join grid in just three months reneweconomy.com.au/records-tumb...

‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions? Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

Romania has decoupled economic growth from pollution faster than anywhere else in EU. Its net greenhouse gas emissions intensity fell 88% between 1990 & 2023, so each euro’s worth of economic activity heats planet 10 times less. Emissions have plunged by 75%. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

With all the trouble burning stuff has caused humanity, it's hard to believe people still want to burn more stuff.

Centennial Coal & Sydney Water Did you know that if you walk into a Sydney Catchment Special Area you could be fined up to $44,000? So why are coal mines allowed to pump their “treated” wastewater into rivers that fl…

Contaminated water has leached into the groundwater since 2017. knittingnannas.org/2026/02/18/c...

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation

‘Daunting but doable’: Europe urged to prepare for 3C of global heating www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Plan to burn 700,000 tonnes of Sydney's red-bin rubbish near Parkes hits a hurdle The Parkes Shire Council has formally objected to controversial plans to dispose of some of Sydney's red-bin rubbish on the edge of its biggest town.

The Parkes Shire Council has formally opposed a planned waste incinerator in its community.

If approved, the facility would burn 700,000 tonnes of Sydney's red-bin rubbish each year.

#auspol

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so hunting for ones 10th investment property is a "talent" now, yea I suppose it is..

First stage of Australia's second-biggest battery starts commercial operations in the Sunshine State The first stage of one of the biggest batteries under development in Australia has started commercial operations, on track to becoming a 780 megawatt, more than 3 gigawatt-hour behemoth.

The first stage of one of the biggest #batteries under development in #Australia has started commercial operations, on track to becoming a 780 megawatt, more than 3 gigawatt-hour behemoth.

He's gonna be Abbott 2.0

Following the announcement of a national solar panel recycling pilot, an inquiry has now opened alongside formal requests for industry and public input:

#renewables #auspol

👉 www.solarquotes.com.au/blog/recycle...

I also ran over Ray Martin with a boogie board at Horseshoe Bay, South West Rocks.

The deck chairs in the Liberal party have been moved, but the people are the same, and alas their thinking and ideology against renewables and for fossil fuels and nuclear persist as we’ve seen these days so far. #auspol #renewables

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As a teenager years ago in Sydney, I was a little bit drunk and stumbled onto the road at a pedestrian crossing. I heard the screech of a car brakes as it stopped to avoid running me over, as I got up off the road and looked up at the car. It was a Rolls-Royce, and the driver was Kamal.