Israeli President Isaac Herzog is spending the last day of his trip to Australia in Melbourne.
He had planned to visit the Adass Israel Synagogue in Ripponlea, which was the target of a firebombing in 2024, but that was cancelled due to safety concerns.
With the right policies, we could double rooftop solar in Australia backed by storage by 2035 and do it in a way that includes renters, not excludes them.
Asked to help a reader beat the deadline for feedback on the proposed hike in fixed network tariffs, I accidentally went and wrote a submission template.
The post Hate the idea of higher fixed network tariffs? There’s still time to register your opposition appeared first on Renew Economy.
Asked to help a reader beat the deadline for feedback on the proposed hike in fixed network tariffs, I accidentally went and wrote a submission template.
The post Solar and battery households hate the idea of higher fixed tariffs: There’s still time to register your opposition appeared first on Renew Economy.
What does it actually look like when a normal Australian house installs solar, battery storage and EV charging?
The post How my perfectly ordinary house became a small power station appeared first on Renew Economy.
…in an old notebook of Marx’s I have found the eleven theses on Feuerbach […]. These are notes hurriedly scribbled down for later elaboration, absolutely not intended for publication, but they are invaluable as the first document in which is deposited the brilliant germ of the new world outlook.1
Origin Energy says big batteries are doing the heavy lifting for its aging fossil fuel plants, and cutting the costs of gas, but won't rule out new gas peakers.
China is not just leading in the uptake of wind and solar, it is also upgrading its massive coal fleet from "baseload" operations to flexibility.
The post China is shifting its massive coal fleet away from baseload to flexibility, paving way for its ultimate exit appeared first on Renew Economy.
Charts from TME. Tech continues to range trade, reminiscent of 2024/25 when it ultimately fell out of bed. Tech volatility continues to trend higher as well One possible threat to tech is oil, which is pushing the upper limits of its downtrend. If it were to break out and put pressure on long-end yields, tech
The post Violent stock rotation hints at trouble appeared first on MacroBusiness.
The Albanese government’s expanded 5% deposit scheme for first home buyers came into effect on October 1, 2025. The First Home Buyer Guarantee program enables eligible buyers to purchase a home with a 5% deposit, with the federal government guaranteeing the remaining 15%. This means buyers avoid paying Lenders Mortgage Insurance (LMI), save $10,000–$30,000 depending
AGL Energy is the latest to warn that Albo’s gas dog’s breafast is delaying critical investment needed to prevent supply shortfalls later this decade. Chief executive Damien Nicks said the absence of detail about how the scheme would operate was already affecting contracting and capital decisions, cautioning that ambiguity risked chilling new supply. The federal
Akaysha sends a new Victoria battery to EPBC queue as it starts commissioning its second big battery in NSW.
The post Akaysha’s new Victoria battery hits EPBC queue, big battery in NSW starts sending power to grid appeared first on Renew Economy.
In this week’s podcast, MB Fund’s Chief Investment Officer, Damien Klassen, unpacks how AI is rapidly devouring the software sector — examining why AI leaders are absorbing ever-larger slices of market cap, what’s driving the widening performance gap, and what this power shift means for investors positioned in traditional software stocks. Join us when we
Data centres contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, primarily through electricity consumption, and their impact is growing as demand for digital services increases. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), data centres are responsible for approximately 1-1.5% of global electricity use, which translates to around 330 million tons of CO2 equivalent emissions annually. This figure
Electricity demand is up 8 per cent on Australia’s main grid – the National Electricity Market (NEM) in the past year compared to 2022 – which is quite a respectable really. Demand has grown most strongly in the middle of the day, and in Queensland, and it seems there is, or will be, enough battery […]