5+ hour, 18+ min ago   (413+ words) Monday, September 14, 2026 Australian households could save $5000 a year by electrifying their homes and cars, but campaigners say governments must provide clear advice and targeted support to help more of them make the switch. More than 30 organisations will call for incentives…...

4+ day, 6+ min ago   (433+ words) Advocates for advancing consumer energy resources, such as rooftop solar, home batteries and electric vehicles, says they are concerned the Albanese government will reverse course on plans to assign technical regulations to the independent Clean Energy Regulator and instead grant…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (324+ words) A massive blaze that gutted a 140 megawatt hydro-electric power station in Tasmania – one of the state’s biggest – and left hundreds of homes without power likely started on the building’s assembly bay floor. Tasmania’s Tungatinah Power Station, which supplies five per…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (182+ words) Renew Economy How retailers are standing in the way of cheaper power | SwitchedOn Australia Tim Ryan argues Australia is trying to build a 21st-century, consumer-led electricity system while preserving retailers as compulsory ‘middlemen.’ But retailers are businesses that have little…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (679+ words) Tuesday, September 8, 2026 The Smart Energy Council, one of the country’s key renewable energy lobby groups, has called for a carbon price to be imposed on coal fired power plants that continue to generate beyond their previously agreed closure dates. The…...

1+ week, 28+ min ago   (193+ words) Renew Economy SwitchedOn Podcast: How retailers are standing in the way of cheaper power Tim Ryan argues Australia is trying to build a 21st-century, consumer-led electricity system while preserving retailers as compulsory ‘middlemen.’ But retailers are businesses that have little…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (418+ words) Wednesday, September 2, 2026 Australia’s biggest polluters are buying carbon credits that may not last as long as the emissions they offset, a review has found, prompting calls for greater scrutiny. The Climate Change Authority issued the finding on Tuesday in its…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (1275+ words) Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Fossil fuel companies and their lobbyists in Australia are spending significant sums of money on advertising on social media, completely overwhelming the paltry efforts of the renewable energy industry, which is leaving community groups and NGOs to use…...

2+ week, 24+ min ago   (505+ words) Monday, August 31, 2026 The closure of a coal-fired power station would be delayed and a state nuclear ban repealed under One Nation’s energy pitch to voters. One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson joined the party’s head in Victoria, Warren Pickering, in the…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (130+ words) Renew Economy Monday, August 31, 2026 Three hours of free electricity sounds like a great deal, but Solar Sharer could leave some households paying more. Energy Futures Network director and electrical engineer, Ty Christopher argues a good policy has been undermined by…...