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The Waratah Super Battery

Delays hit Australia’s biggest battery, hindering green energy shift

Australia’s most powerful battery will not be fully operational until the end of the year, after the $1 billion project suffered a major equipment fault.

  • Nick Toscano

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A molten salt tower solar thermal power station in Jiuquan, China. Molten salt is used as thermal storage to continue producing electricity even when the sun is not shining.

Don’t be gaslit on climate. There’s no going back on this energy transition

The world has an enormous task to avoid the worst effects of climate change, and the risks remain serious. The energy transition is well under way, however, and politicians need to be honest about that.

  • Rod Sims and Rebecca Burdon
Jane Fisher installed solar panels to cut her bills, but would not add a battery if her network charge increased.

The power bill change that will sting low-earners $200 more

Energy misers will be hundreds out of pocket, while power-hungry households get a windfall of up to $1400, under the regulator’s proposal, experts warn.

  • Mike Foley
The combined capacity of Australia’s 4.3 million rooftop solar panels has overtaken that of the country’s coal-fired power stationfleet.

As rooftop solar overtakes coal, more batteries are powering the night shift

Australia’s love affair with home-grown renewable energy is driving booming battery sales, and it’s reshaping the electricity grid.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Cao Renxian

‘No one supported my idea’: Mysterious Chinese billionaire forced out of the shadows

Cao Renxian is one of China’s richest men in an industry the world can’t live without, yet almost no one outside the business knows his name.

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Type One Energy says its magnet stellarator will produce clean energy.

This tech could solve all of Australia’s energy woes. There’s just one teensy problem

A nuclear fusion company building a reactor in America is targeting Australia for international expansion and says it could have a plant up and running here by the middle of next decade.

  • Liam Mannix
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Australians will get three free hours of power under the government’s Solar Sharer scheme … but there are a few catches to consider.

Think the Liberals are struggling with clean energy? Meet me

I volunteered to make an energy-efficient home for my darling grandchildren. What could possibly go wrong?

  • Jenna Price
Most of Australia’s LNG is produced in Queensland or Western Australia, and is sold on long-term contracts to Asia.

Qld Labor rivals join forces to push gas policy on Albanese

The Left and Right factions have brushed aside years of bitterness to call on the federal government to introduce a gas reservation.

  • James Hall
The prime minister said the meme, popular with children, was meaningless, much like the Coalition's energy policy.
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Albanese mocks Coalition with the 6-7 meme

The prime minister said the meme, popular with children, was meaningless, much like the Coalition's energy policy.

Sussan Ley CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, Sydney Morning Herald Photos. NOVEMBER 7, 2025: The Hyatt Hotel in Canberra. Picture: SMH / David Beach

Ley leadership to be put to the test in crunch talks

Two Liberals in the nucleus of the opposition said they gauged about a month ago that Ley believed ditching net zero was politically workable.

  • Paul Sakkal