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Renew Economy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 07:01 Source

Unlike many countries, Australia does not allow balcony solar, which now even come with their own batteries. But that may change.

The post Moves afoot to bring balcony solar to Australia, and new wave of products has batteries included appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Your Democracy Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 06:55 Source

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MacroBusiness Thursday, February 12, 2026 - 00:01 Source

Announcing targets is easy. Delivering on them is the hard part. Two years ago, the Albanese government, alongside the states, announced the National Housing Accord, which set a target of building 1.2 million homes over five years from 1 July 2024, equating to 240,000 housing completions annually. This target was always overly ambitious, given that

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:40 Source

cropped-RGT4TnGQ-copy.jpegRenewables advocacy groups join the likes of Tesla to push back against proposals to increase the fixed network cost component of electricity bills.

The post Solar and battery households will be biggest losers from network tariff changes, advocates say appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:28 Source

The UK's latest renewable energy auction has secured a record amount of new development capacity and the largest onshore wind project in a decade.

The post Renewables auction delivers record number of solar projects, biggest onshore wind farm appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 20:26 Source

uungala wind farm helicopter transmission linesA helicopter has been deployed to start stringing the transmission lines that will connect the huge Uungala wind farm to the grid in central western New South Wales.

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Your Democracy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 17:06 Source

 

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:50 Source

Williamsdale battery in Canberra to fund two rooftop solar and battery storage systems for lo

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:33 Source

The Essential Services Commission has banned a second company in as many weeks for allegedly using doctored photos to claim completion of efficiency projects.

The post Energy regulator bans another company over doctored photos, false claims appeared first on Renew Economy.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 14:17 Source

Torrens Island batteryAGL is making more money from customer margins and its new big batteries, but is worried about solar sharer. "It's February and we have not an ounce of detail."

The post Australia’s biggest coal generator learns how to make more money out of its customers and big battery fleet appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 13:30 Source

Caitlin Fitzsimmons, the environment and climate reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald, has written an article challenging the common belief that younger Australians are being locked out of home ownership. While it’s true that people in their 20s are buying later than previous generations, Fitzsimmons points to Census data compiled by the Australian Institute of

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 13:00 Source

Back in 2022, one week after Albo was elected, I rang the gloriously handsome Andrew “Lord” Charlton and briefed him on the incoming gas catastrophe his government faced. Those words fell into oblivion, never to be heard again, and perhaps today we can understand why. The square-jawed man of the people had his sights set

The post Lord Charlton captured by crypto appeared first on MacroBusiness.

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Renew Economy Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 12:30 Source

AGL to create a new funding vehicle, using other people's money, to develop its major wind projects, including auction winners in NSW and the CIS.

The post AGL eyes options for a 2 gigawatt plus wind energy portfolio after signing string of PPAs appeared first on Renew Economy.

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MacroBusiness Wednesday, February 11, 2026 - 12:30 Source

Charts from TME. Skew is a measure of how much investors are worried about the downside versus excited about the upside. Rising skew is bearish. It is rising. The IGV index tracks software stocks. Looks like we’re into a shjort squeeze here. Possibly a bottom. The software selling sure looks like capitulation. Thr shorts are

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