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Kidston pumped hydro: the gold mine’s slow walk to commissioning Grid & Storage

Kidston pumped hydro: the gold mine’s slow walk to commissioning

250 megawatts of generating capacity, six to eight hours of storage, sitting inside two worked-out gold pits a couple of hours west of Cairns. That's the headline spec for Kidston…

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Who really pays for the transmission build-out
Policy & Markets

Who really pays for the transmission build-out

$12.7 billion. That's the revised cost estimate AEMO's latest Integrated System Plan attaches to the committed and anticipated…

By Marcus Wren · 28 Oct 2026
Goldwind Australia: the turbine maker that became a developer
Companies

Goldwind Australia: the turbine maker that became a developer

Drive the Glenelg Highway west of Ballarat and the turbines at Stockyard Hill start appearing on the horizon…

By Callum Hayes · 27 Oct 2026
Queensland’s energy plan rests on two pillars and one cliff face
Grid & Storage

Queensland’s energy plan rests on two pillars and one cliff face

Drive the Yabba Creek Road out past Imbil and you hit a construction zone that doesn't look like…

By Anjali Rao · 27 Oct 2026
Green hydrogen: where it genuinely makes sense
Fossil Fuels & Gas

Green hydrogen: where it genuinely makes sense

A few years back I sat through a pitch deck in a Fremantle boardroom that had hydrogen doing…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 26 Oct 2026
Coal closures and the reliability debate nobody’s settled
Fossil Fuels & Gas

Coal closures and the reliability debate nobody’s settled

AEMO's reliability forecasts have a habit of reading like actuarial tables written by someone who'd rather not be…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 26 Oct 2026
Why wholesale electricity prices swing so violently
Policy & Markets

Why wholesale electricity prices swing so violently

$16,600 a megawatt-hour, then minus $57 a megawatt-hour, inside the same trading day. That's not a glitch in…

By Marcus Wren · 25 Oct 2026

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Goldwind Australia: the turbine maker that became a developer
Companies

Goldwind Australia: the turbine maker that became a developer

Drive the Glenelg Highway west of Ballarat and the turbines at Stockyard Hill start appearing on the horizon…

By Callum Hayes · 27 Oct 2026
AGL Energy: the biggest gentailer’s awkward middle act
Companies

AGL Energy: the biggest gentailer’s awkward middle act

Around 4,600 megawatts. That's roughly the combined nameplate of Loy Yang A and Bayswater, the two coal stations…

By Marcus Wren · 23 Oct 2026
Woodside after Scarborough: gas-in-transition meets the balance sheet
Companies

Woodside after Scarborough: gas-in-transition meets the balance sheet

First cargo from Scarborough is pencilled in for 2026, and depending on which investor call you caught this…

By Tom Fitzgerald · 21 Oct 2026

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The Consumer Energy Resources roadmap: what it means on your roof
Solar Power

The Consumer Energy Resources roadmap: what it means on your roof

Three export limit changes in four years on the same switchboard. That's what a client in Pascoe Vale…

By Priya Nair · 16 Oct 2026
Home battery payback: does it stack up yet
Solar Power

Home battery payback: does it stack up yet

I had a client in Reservoir last month pull out a quote with a 14-year payback on a…

By Priya Nair · 10 Oct 2026
Rooftop solar versus a home battery: which pays back first
Solar Power

Rooftop solar versus a home battery: which pays back first

Last month I sat at a kitchen table in Blackburn with a couple who'd just been quoted $4,200…

By Priya Nair · 3 Oct 2026

Grid & Storage

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Kidston pumped hydro: the gold mine’s slow walk to commissioning
Grid & Storage

Kidston pumped hydro: the gold mine’s slow walk to commissioning

250 megawatts of generating capacity, six to eight hours of storage, sitting inside two worked-out gold pits a…

By Anjali Rao · 30 Oct 2026
VNI West: a transmission line still arguing with a map
Grid & Storage

VNI West: a transmission line still arguing with a map

Drive the Murray Valley Highway between Kerang and Swan Hill and you'll pass more "No Transmission" signs than…

By Anjali Rao · 30 Oct 2026
Queensland’s energy plan rests on two pillars and one cliff face
Grid & Storage

Queensland’s energy plan rests on two pillars and one cliff face

Drive the Yabba Creek Road out past Imbil and you hit a construction zone that doesn't look like…

By Anjali Rao · 27 Oct 2026

Policy & Markets

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NSW’s coal exit and the REZ rollout: a widening gap
Policy & Markets

NSW’s coal exit and the REZ rollout: a widening gap

Four coal units. That's what NSW has taken out of the grid since Liddell shut in 2023, with…

By Marcus Wren · 29 Oct 2026
Public versus private ownership of generation: who builds it better
Policy & Markets

Public versus private ownership of generation: who builds it better

$36 billion. That's roughly the figure sitting against Queensland's state-owned pumped hydro and transmission build when you add…

By Marcus Wren · 29 Oct 2026
Who really pays for the transmission build-out
Policy & Markets

Who really pays for the transmission build-out

$12.7 billion. That's the revised cost estimate AEMO's latest Integrated System Plan attaches to the committed and anticipated…

By Marcus Wren · 28 Oct 2026

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Energy Supply Australia is written by a small team that covers the grid, the market and the companies building the transition. No wire copy, no press releases dressed up as news.

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