Energy news · edition

14–20 September 2026

62 stories this week

Policy2026-09-17

Policy and planning uncertainty ranked as biggest potholes for wind and solar transition

Reliability2026-09-17

Big battery for big super: Aware to help keep Victoria’s lights on - AFR

Sovereignty2026-09-17

China targets perovskite solar, advanced batteries in five-year plan

Cost2026-09-17

Victoria’s renewables transmission link cost revealed - theaustralian.com.au

Cost2026-09-17

Global residential storage market to hit 46.1 GWh in 2026

Cost2026-09-17

Make renewables infrastructure to make them investible

Cost2026-09-17

East coast gas: Why prices could rise faster in Sydney and Melbourne - CommBank

Reliability2026-09-17

“Bowen test:” Giant data centre plan will challenge federal resolve on renewables

Policy2026-09-17

SwitchedOn podcast: Can a new alliance fast-charge Australia’s electrification push?

Policy2026-09-17

Time running out on trial to protect vulnerable electricity consumers from from El Niño heatwave

Cost2026-09-17

ARENA backs 1,000-home electrification trial in Canberra

Reliability2026-09-17

Can renewables handle the data centre boom? - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Cost2026-09-17

“These are not speculative risks:” Solar industry warns of cost increases and project delays from anti-dumping ruling

Cost2026-09-17

“It is not a pause:” Victoria insists transmission plan on track as network denies forced land buys being used

Nuclear2026-09-17

No nuclear energy means no sovereign Australian AI - afr.com

Reliability2026-09-17

Victoria secures 15-year offtake agreement with 400 MW Baranduda battery

Cost2026-09-17

British renewables giant wants Moah money for Qld wind farm - afr.com

Cost2026-09-16

Australia can green its heavy industry, protect nature and give hope to regions at same time: Gladstone sho... - Renew Economy

Materials2026-09-16

Hithium launches 4 MWh sodium-ion BESS with new 785Ah cell

Reliability2026-09-16

Data centres boom hoovering power. But there's a growing problem - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Policy2026-09-16

Bowen’s net zero obsession renders his new domestic gas plan next to redundant - news24.com.au

Reliability2026-09-16

State utility buys stake in new big battery, locks in November construction start - Renew Economy

Sovereignty2026-09-16

Malaysia and Vietnam Diversify Rare Earths Supply Away From China - energynews.pro

Reliability2026-09-16

BYD launches 62 MWh GC Block for gigawatt-scale battery storage plants

Reliability2026-09-16

A (minor) drop in System Frequency, with trip of Loy Yang A1 at 03:58 on Monday 7th September 2026

Materials2026-09-16

Solar recycler losing “insane amount of money” and about to shed staff as PV pilot program rem... - Renew Economy

Policy2026-09-16

Securing power purchase agreements a barrier for large-scale renewables

Reliability2026-09-16

Anthropic inks Queensland data centre deal worth five times Olympics budget - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Sovereignty2026-09-16

SAJ launches residential battery energy storage system in Australia

Policy2026-09-16

Labor loses its spine on renewables as premier throws new energy minister, and transition, under the bus - Renew Economy

Cost2026-09-16

Community-owned 6.8 MW solar and 10.5 MWh battery mark project completion

Reliability2026-09-16

A quick first record of some FCAS volatility in TAS on Monday 14th September 2026

Reliability2026-09-16

First battery modules arrive at biggest storage project to date in Australia’s most renewable grid - Renew Economy

Reliability2026-09-16

$3 million solar and battery microgrid study to support remote NSW communities

Policy2026-09-16

“A lot of unknowns:” Why states may go their own way in “balkanisation” of Australi... - Renew Economy

Reliability2026-09-16

Victoria cannot switch off Yallourn before it can replace it - tanea.com.au

Reliability2026-09-16

Enough wind and solar in pipeline, but not enough actually being built to meet 2030 target, scorecard finds - Renew Economy

Reliability2026-09-15

Hydro Tasmania notes that ‘fire destroyed Tungatinah Power Station’

Reliability2026-09-15

Aggregate Dispatch Error by Fuel Type for Tuesday 15th September 2026

Policy2026-09-15

Two massive wind and battery projects held up by weight of objections, including 13 signed by one individual - Renew Economy

Reliability2026-09-15

Green goal in doubt as Victoria pauses $1.5b cable - afr.com

Reliability2026-09-15

Gladstone LNG extension reignites industry divide over level gas field - theaustralian.com.au

Reliability2026-09-15

Trina Storage to supply BESS for West Australia solar-battery hybrid

Cost2026-09-15

Western Renewables Link passes planning hurdle as cost review ordered - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Policy

Policy2026-09-15

Energy ministers greenlight ESEM consultation package, with maiden tender targeted for 2027

Nuclear2026-09-15

What Australia’s nuclear shift means for minerals: Beyond uranium - Mining.com.au

Policy2026-09-15

Western transmission project in limbo amid discontent in marginal seats - SMH.com.au

Reliability2026-09-15

Significant oscillations in ‘Market Demand’ during Tuesday afternoon 15th September 2026

Nuclear2026-09-15

Voter backing renews push to lift NSW uranium ban - australianmining.com.au

Reliability2026-09-15

AGL Energy (ASX:AGL) Expands Battery Capacity as Australia's Power System Transitions - Kalkine

Materials2026-09-14

Applied Machinery offers resource recovery for solar panels - Waste Management Review

Cost2026-09-14

Six steps to stop the data centre boom from sending power prices through the roof - Renew Economy

Reliability2026-09-14

Australia’s dependence on gas generation during evening energy peak falls by almost 70% - The Guardian

Cost2026-09-14

Don't let power price changes sting on July 1, what you need to know - thesenior.com.au

Reliability2026-09-14

Data centre company lodges appeal against 'unreasonable' restricted generator use - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Nuclear2026-09-14

Aussie miner targets huge NT uranium revival - NT News

Policy2026-09-14

One Nation under fire for abandoning gas reservation plan in favour of policy benefiting Gina Rinehart - The Guardian

Cost2026-09-14

High energy prices make it ‘almost impossible’ for Australian industry to compete - news24.com.au

Reliability2026-09-14

A second look at Loy Yang A1, after trip on Monday 7th September 2026

Policy2026-09-14

Energy bills will rise ‘astronomically’ under One Nation, Coalition - afr.com

Policy2026-09-14

Labor’s watered-down gas reservation plan ‘kicks it into the long grass yet again’: Denniss - thepoint.com.au

Policy2026-09-14