South Korea auto giant bets $A8 billion on AI, hydrogen and solar-powered industrial future
South Korean car and EV maker invests nearly 9 trillion won in an “innovation hub” to advance robotics, artificial intelligence, hydrogen technology and solar energy.
Another big battery proposal heads to Queensland planning purgatory following requests to call in the project from local council and community.

A rule change request from Energy Networks Australia seeks to shift some projects out of the onerous public cost-benefit test.
Reducing oil dependence and boosting renewables and electric transport is often framed as climate policy. But it is also vital to energy security and national security.
The Australian electricity grid has closed out the summer of 2025-26 with a month of new renewable generation records – not from solar, but from the nation's wind assets.
New data on Australia's solar, wind and battery development pipeline confirms that the constraint has never been ambition or opportunity, but the pace of delivery.