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First-of-its-kind research balances the needs of solar farms and grazing
1+ hour, 45+ min ago (1077+ words) Satellite-based remote sensing and AI are being used to quantify vegetation fire risk across thousands of hectares. Image: CSIRO CSIRO and Macquarie University are helping ACEN Australia balance fire risk, grazing needs and insurance demands at New England Solar. For…...
Rooftop solar meets 99.9 per cent of South Australia electricity demand
30+ min ago (313+ words) South Australia’s rooftop solar fleet has pushed electricity demand from grid-scale generation to a new winter low, highlighting the growing influence of distributed energy resources on the state’s power system. The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) said rooftop solar met…...
Why EVs are the 'single greatest opportunity' in the energy transition
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (1671+ words) Kerbside charging is going to be a key enabler of EV uptake in the years to come. Image: Basilico Studio Stock/shutterstock.com Home batteries, electrification and EVs are converging to transform households into active players in Australia’s energy transition....
Meet the world???s???largest isolated grid???
2+ week, 6+ day ago (414+ words) Kalbarri National Park in the northern stretches of the SWIS. Image: Christian B./stock.adobe.com Western Australia’s power grid is undergoing a transformation underlined by a proliferation of renewable energy and battery storage. While 10 years ago, 90 per cent of the…...
Data centres must fully offset power with renewables: Bowen
3+ week, 3+ day ago (359+ words) Under the Federal Government’s new AI framework, data centres will be required to buy digital certificates to offset their electricity use with renewable energy. The certificates would be purchased and retired through the Renewable Electricity Guarantee of Origin scheme, which…...
Going off-grid to power data centres: Is this the answer we've been looking for?
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (1205+ words) Data centre electricity demand in the National Electricity Market is set to grow from about 4TWh to 12TWh by 2030. Image: KM Stock/shutterstock.com CSIRO and Zenith Energy discuss how they would manage soaring energy demand from data centres. Australia is rapidly…...
Why hydrogen is a critical part of the future energy mix
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (259+ words) The 2025 Asia-Pacific Hydrogen Summit & Exhibition 2025 at ICC Sydney. Image: RX Global As governments and industries intensify efforts to reach net-zero targets, the conversation around hydrogen is evolving. Once viewed primarily as a standalone energy solution, hydrogen is increasingly being recognised…...
From canola to ammonia: Mapping Australia's alternative fuel pathways
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (996+ words) As conflict in the Middle East continues and the United States and Iran remain in a standoff over the Strait of Hormuz, months of severe disruption – on top of years of supply impacts from the Ukrainian war – have exposed the…...
What Australia’s AI framework means for the data-centre sector
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (305+ words) Data centres form a central cog of the Federal Government’s AI framework announced this week, where new protocols will be put in place to sustainably power these facilities. Under the new framework, data centres would be legislated to underwrite their…...
How the data-centre boom is fuelling gas technology costs
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (390+ words) A gas turbine in an industrial facility. Image: Max/stock.adobe.com The report, which follows on from the draft report released in December 2025, expects electricity generation costs to continue falling in the near term as battery storage costs reduce…...