One of the most significant upgrades to Australia’s outdated power grid is facing fresh delays,intensifying concerns about the pace of the clean energy shift.
Australia has the highest rooftop solar penetration in the world,which brings both opportunities for decarbonisation and challenges for the grid.
Regional electricity distributors Essential Energy and Endeavour Energy joined Ausgrid in announcing charges for solar customers exporting too much energy in the middle of the day.
Consumer faith in solar power has been shaken by the revelation that Ausgrid is imposing a penalty on electricity exported to the grid when the sun shines brightest.
From cost-of-living relief to inflation,our experts unpack your most pressing concerns from the federal budget.
Hundreds of thousands of Sydney households with solar panels but no home batteries will be penalised for exporting electricity to the network during the day.
While broadly welcomed by social service groups,there are concerns the rebates risk sucking up budget cash that could be used on better targeted help.
WA’s biggest coal miner Premier Coal has returned to profit after an $84 million loss the year before on the back of increased prices for its fuel sales.
Queensland households will score a $1000 energy bill discount under a $2.5 billion government spending splash on cost of living relief.
Researchers from the University of Queensland have created a generator capable of using greenhouse gas to produce electricity,while removing carbon dioxide from the air.
Storms in Victoria and heatwaves in Queensland strained the power grid and drove wholesale prices higher as Australia faced its third-hottest summer on record.