2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (399+ words) Amazon " the largest corporate purchaser of carbon-free energy in Australia in 2025 " continues to rapidly expand its Australian energy footprint. The online giant has signed nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements, underpinning 430 MW of new carbon-free energy capacity in the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1654+ words) The cost of building black coal power infrastructure in 2030 is set to be nearly five times more than building large-scale solar. Image: Taras Vyshnya/shutterstock. com Energy calls in the Grattan Institute to unpack the diverse elements driving electricity prices....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (316+ words) With Australia in the grips of a fuel crisis, questions have been raised about the country's sovereign capability. Australia is represented by two large oil refineries " one in Geelong and one in Brisbane " and the small-scale Eromanga refinery in south-west…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (325+ words) As new renewable energy generation is approved, constructed and energised in the National Electricity Market (NEM), emissions intensity is suitably decreasing. Analysing Open Electricity data, Windlab principal wind engineer David Osmond found average NEM emissions intensity to have decreased 510kg CO2-equivalent…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (393+ words) New data from the Electric Vehicle Council (EVC) shows a 40 per cent uptick in Tesla and Polestar sales in Australia for the first quarter of 2026. This equated to 7725 vehicles sold across the two electric vehicle (EV) brands in the first…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (283+ words) Rittal's VX25 Ri4 Power system. Image: Rittal. Across Australia and New Zealand, power distribution systems are evolving. From energy infrastructure and industrial facilities through to automation environments, projects are becoming more complex, not just in scale, but in the demands placed on…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (422+ words) Vic Grid has provided an update on the delineation of the state's renewable energy zones (REZ), with a consultation phase attracting 580 submissions from community. The state-owned company will now assess the feedback, which was accrued across a four-month period, along…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (454+ words) As the fuel crisis hits, going electric is becoming an increasingly enticing option for households and industries. This has triggered a wave of interest in electric vehicles (EVs), with carsales seeing week-on-week EV searches increase by 76. 7 per cent in the…...

3+ week, 5+ hour ago  (307+ words) Zenob" has revealed a $100 million investment in an effort to double the adoption of heavy-electric trucks in Australia. With around 1000 heavy-electric trucks currently on the roads in Australia, Zenob" is hoping to reach approximately 2000 vehicles by the end of 2026, while…...

3+ week, 6+ hour ago  (373+ words) The Windrose electric truck on the road. Image: Kaizenco A trip spanning 460km has marked Australia's first end-to-end all-electric freight delivery, with a load of consumer products transported from Sydney to Canberra. This saw an all-electric Windrose prime mover achieve an…...