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Smart Energy 2025 featured lots of innovation, both in the technologies presented in company stands, and in the theatre. Here are my highlights.

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First stage of Australia's biggest transmission project will unlock more wind and solar from what is already the world's most advanced non-hydro renewable grid.

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is it just me or did the bell for the energy debate look exactly like an old-timey oil drilling rig?

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Australia's growing fleet of big batteries are soaking up record amounts of rooftop solar around the country.

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Coalition won't cap renewable energy generation to make way for nuclear, despite its modelling to the contrary, according to its energy spokesperson.

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The first big battery to be locked into a "baseload renewables" contract for a major energy consumer has commenced full operations.

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Regional towns and communities are set to lose thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in the next five years under the Coalition's nuclear plan.

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Callide's life extension is a preview into Peter Dutton's power sector: Old, decaying, expensive coal propped up by public cash.

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One of the world’s biggest energy suppliers has Australia in its sight as it seeks to help electrify the world. Jackie Brown and Aaron Scott explain what technologies are on the menu.

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Greens unveil plan to use Snowy Hydro and a new $10 billion fund to roll out rooftop solar systems for the nation's seven million renters.

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A frequent criticism of the federal rooftop solar subsidy is that it has lead to the "poor" have subsidised the "rich." But does the data support the outrage?

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Palau president urges Australia to persist in the bid to co-host climate talks in 2026, and takes a swipe at the leader of the federal opposition for his infamous 2015 faux pas.

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Habitat Energy has landed another contract to provide its AI-backed trading services, this time for a new solar battery in South Australia.

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Local and international energy giants back major fundraising round for Australian solar and thermal energy storage hopeful, RayGen.

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The troubled Callide C coal generator plant has suffered another major incident – described as an “explosion” or a “blast” – that will take one 420 megawatt (MW) unit offline for at least two months, just as the new state LNP government announces a potentially costly life extension to its neighbouring facilities. The Callide C4 […]

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Ten community batteries to be installed at University as part of federal funding program.

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Federal Labor's battery rebate would include an important tweak to SRES to ensure there is "zero chance" it will put upward pressure on electricity prices.

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Landmark DC-coupled solar and battery project in Victoria's Gippsland region reaches financial close and begins construction.

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Solar farms aren’t just about generating electricity and cutting emissions – they can also be a game-changer for farmers rural economies.

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"I've seen longer menus in a restaurant than this:" Bowen gets stuck into Coalition gas costings as warns of dangers of a Dutton government.

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