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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ampol Energy is set to acquire 100% of Evie Networks—operator of one of Australia’s leading public EV charging networks. #EVcharging #EV #EVs #renewables #energytransition
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Ampol inks deal to acquire Evie EV charging network
Ampol Energy has signed an agreement to acquire Evie Networks, operator of one of Australia's leading public EV charging networks.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
FRV Australia has announced the successful commissioning of the Terang Battery, its first utility-scale Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project in Australia. #batterystorage #bigbattery #BESS #renewables #energytransition
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FRV Australia commissions Terang Battery in Victoria
FRV Australia has announced the successful commissioning of the Terang Battery, its first utility-scale BESS project in Australia.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Aussie households installed a record number of rooftop solar systems and home batteries in the first half of 2026, eclipsing the combined capacity of the nation’s remaining coal generators. #rooftopsolar #solar #homebatteries #renewables #energytransition
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Rooftop solar eclipses coal generation and AEMO forecasts
Australian households installed a record number of rooftop solar systems and home batteries in the first half of 2026. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
A hydroelectric power station the size of the Sydney Opera House is starting to take shape almost a kilometre underground in New South Wales’ Snowy Mountains. #snowy2 #pumpedhydro #hydroelectric #renewables #megaprojects #energytransition
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Work begins on Snowy 2.0 underground power station
A hydroelectric station the size of the Sydney Opera House is starting to take shape almost a kilometre underground at Snowy 2.0.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Marinus Link has been granted Australia's first offshore transmission licence, marking the final Commonwealth approval required before construction. #marinuslink #interconnector #transmission #energytransition #renewables
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Marinus Link gets nation's first offshore transmission licence
Marinus Link has been granted the first Transmission and Infrastructure Licence (TIL) under Australia’s new offshore infrastructure scheme.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Australian Energy Market Commission has released a draft determination to enable the rollout of EV charging infrastructure in both regional and high-density city areas. #EVs #EVcharging #renewables #energytransition
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AEMC makes draft determination on EV charging rollout
The Australian Energy Market Commission has released a draft determination to enable the rollout of EV charging infrastructure.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AGL’s 500MW Liddell Battery Storage System (BESS) has achieved full commercial operation, marking the first major development at the former coal-fired power station site. #batterystorage #renewables #energytransition #BESS #bigbattery
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AGL's Liddell Battery achieves full commercial operation
AGL's 500MW Liddell Battery Storage System (BESS) has achieved full commercial operation. Read more about the project here.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The latest issue of Energy Source & Distribution is now live! Features include the great data centre debate; the case for composite utility poles, a Q&A with Zinfra's James Quigley, plus much more. #energytransition #renewables #datacentres #AI
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Australia’s energy transition has been thrown a curveball in the form of a rapidly expanding data centre sector—a behemoth that has its sights set on deployment Down Under. #datacentres #datacenters #renewables #energytransition #grid #AI
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Spotlight on the data centre debate
Australia’s energy transition has been thrown a curveball in the form of a rapidly expanding data centre sector. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
AI giant Anthropic has signed a lease agreement ‌to move into what will be Australia's biggest data centre, with experts saying the facility could use up to three times more power than residents of a major city. #AI #datacenter #datacentre #anthropic #renewables #energytransition
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Anthropic inks lease deal for Australia's largest data centre
AI giant Anthropic has inked its first data centre lease agreement ‌in Australia with Zerra for the Western Downs Digital Park. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hydro Tasmania says investigations are underway to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed Tungatinah Power Station. #fire #powerstation #tasmania #hydroelectric #renewables
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Investigation underway into Tungatinah Power Station fire
Hydro Tasmania says investigations are underway to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed Tungatinah Power Station.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Sky's the limit... Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has set a world record by installing an onshore wind turbine with the world’s tallest hub height. #windturbine #windpower #renewables #energytransition #engineering #cleanenergy #technology
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Vestas sets record with tallest hub height for wind turbine
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has set a world record by installing an onshore wind turbine with the world’s tallest hub height.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Australian renters, low-income households, and people living in apartments could soon plug-in portable solar and battery systems, with energy ministers considering pathways to their safe deployment. #pluginsolar #solar #homebattery #renewables #cleanenergy
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Aussies could soon plug in solar and battery systems
Australia’s energy ministers have agreed to work towards making plug-in solar and batteries available to all Australians. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Victorian Government has scrapped plans to create a renewable energy zone in the state's central north region after locals rallied against it. #renewables #energytransition #victoria #REZ #agriculture
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Victorian Government scraps plans for renewables zone
The Victorian Government has scrapped plans to create a renewable energy zone after staunch opposition from local landowners.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
AusNet has completed a $1.8 million wildlife protection program aimed at reducing power outages and protecting native possums. #conservation #wildlife #electricity #powerlines #nature
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AusNet program to reduce animal-caused outages
AusNet has completed a $1.8 million wildlife protection program aimed at reducing power outages and protect native possums.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
New modelling shows Solar Sharer tariffs can save consumers hundreds or thousands of dollars a year if combined with actions to shift electricity use. #solarsharer #solar #renewables #energybills
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How to make the most of Solar Sharer's free power
Solar Sharer tariffs could save consumers thousands if combined with actions to shift electricity use, according to new modelling.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The NSW Government-owned International Convention Centre (ICC) Sydney is set to become home to the largest CBD solar farm in the Southern Hemisphere. #solar #solarfarm #rooftopsolar #renewables #energytransition #sydney
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ICC Sydney set to become largest CBD solar farm in the Southern Hemisphere
The NSW Government-owned ICC Sydney is set to become home to the largest solar farm in any CBD in the Southern Hemisphere.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Electric vehicle sales have overtaken petrol car sales for the first time in Australia, with new figures revealing a record 27,000-plus EVs sold. #EVs #EV #electricvehicles #renewables #energytransition #cars
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EV sales overtake petrol cars for the first time in Australia
EV sales have overtaken petrol cars for the first time in Australia, accounting for more than half of all new vehicle sales.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
An Australian technology company has purchased a robotic bug that crawls along wind turbine blades for inspection and maintenance. #renewables #robotics #windturbine #technology #energytransition
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Aussie firm buys robotic bug that inspects turbine blades
Perth-based Nexxis Technology has completed the acquisition of BladeBUG, a UK-based robotics company. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hybrid renewables project Gawara Baya has reached financial close and is on its way to becoming one of North Queensland’s largest energy projects. #renewables #queensland #windfarm #BESS #batterystorage
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Gawara Baya Wind Farm and BESS reaches financial close
Hybrid renewable energy project Gawara Baya has reached financial close and will now move into construction. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Data centre firm NextDC has reported increased water and energy consumption for the third year in a row, adding to concerns about the rapid expansion of data centres in Australia. #datacentre #datacenter #energytransition #renewables #AI
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Australia data centre firm reports rising water, energy use
Australian data centre firm NextDC has reported increased water and energy consumption for the third year in a row.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The first large-scale solar-battery hybrid on Australia’s main grid, Potentia Energy’s $190 million Quorn Park Solar Hybrid in New South Wales, has been completed. #renewables #solar #BESS #energytransition #batterystorage
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NEM's first large-scale solar/BESS hybrid reaches completion
The first large-scale solar-battery hybrid on Australia’s main grid, Quorn Park Solar Hybrid, has been completed. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Australia’s first offshore wind auction is now open for proposed projects in Victoria's declared Gippsland offshore wind zone. #renewables #offshorewind #windfarm #energytransition #windpower
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Australia's first offshore wind auction goes live
Australia’s first offshore wind auction is live, with the Request for Proposal process open for the declared Gippsland offshore wind zone.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
SA Power Networks will today be conducting a ‘fire drill’ on the state’s grid in which it will switch off South Australian rooftop inverters. Here's why. #renewables #emergencybackstop #curtailment #rooftopsolar #solar #grid
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Why Australia's energy market operator requires grid 'fire drill'
SA Power Networks will be conducting a 'fire drill' on the state's grid in which it will switch off South Australian rooftop inverters.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Australia's leading renewables state will run a 'fire drill' on its grid to test an emergency response mechanism that temporarily switches off rooftop solar generation. #grid #solarcurtailment #rooftopsolar #renewables #energytransition
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SA runs 'fire drill for the grid' in solar curtailment test
SA Power Networks will run an operation on South Australia's grid to test the emergency backstop mechanism. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Renewables and battery storage are easing pressure in the wholesale electricity market, with wholesale prices falling across all NEM regions. #renewables #batterystorage #energytransition #electricityprices
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Renewables easing wholesale electricity market pressure
The latest Wholesale Electricity Market performance report has revealed that renewables and batteries are easing wholesale prices.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Fortescue has produced the first hot metal at its Green Metal Project in Western Australia, marking the first successful operation of its electric smelting process. #electrification #energytransition #greensteel #greenmetals #renewables
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Fortescue produces first hot metal with electric smelting
Fortescue has produced first hot metal with an electric smelter at its Green Metal Project in Western Australia. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Australian researchers have uncovered a new way to improve a promising next-generation solar cell material. #solarPV #solar #solarcell #renewables #energytransition #technology
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Better baking will see next-gen solar cells with fewer defects
Australian researchers have uncovered a new way to improve a promising next-gen solar cell material. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Criticism comes easily—fixes don’t. Australia’s electricity system is a frequent target. Some ‘fixes’, if not simply stirring the pot, pick on a technology. #renewables #energytransition #grid #electricity #opinion
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Is it too late to fix Australia's electricity system? Not if we act immediately
Criticism comes easily, but viable fixes don’t. The nation’s electricity system is a frequent target. Read more here.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Construction is officially underway at the Steel River East Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Newcastle. #renewables #batterystorage #BESS #energytransition #cleanenergy
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Construction begins at Steel River East BESS
PLUS Grid Storage has officially turned the first sod at the site of the Steel River East Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Newcastle.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
A new report has found that electrifying 10% of Australia’s public hospitals each year from 2027 until 2036 would save $59 million per year in energy bills. #electrification #hospitals #energytransition #renewables
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Electrifying Australian hospitals could save $59M per year
A new report is calling on the Australian Government to fund feasibility studies for the electrification of nine public hospitals.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Powerlink has joined the Australian Defence Force in a multi-agency exercise called Austral Shield 26 to help protect the nation’s critical infrastructure. #transmission #defence #australshield #electricitynetwork #grid #military
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Austral Shield 26 puts critical infrastructure to the test
Powerlink joined the Australian Defence Force in Exercise Austral Shield 26 to strengthen the protection of critical infrastructure.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The US Department of War's Office of Strategic Capital will loan US$400 million to Australia's Sunrise Energy Metals to build the world’s first primary Scandium mine. #rareearths #criticalminerals #departmentofwar #pentagon #mining #renewables #energytransition
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Pentagon funds world-first Scandium mine in Australia
The US Department of War will fund Sunrise Energy Metals to build the world’s first primary Scandium mine in Australia. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object? That’s the problem federal energy minister Chris Bowen is faced with in creating a set of national standards for data centres. #datacentres #renewables #energytransition #AI #grid
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Bowen takes on Liberal states over data centre rules
It's a paradox faced by Australian energy minister Chris Bowen in his quest to create a set of national standards for data centres.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
A Chinese national working as a senior manager for a leading solar and battery inverter company has been charged with allegedly trying to bribe a public official during a product approval process. #solar #renewables #corruption
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Solar company manager charged with alleged bribery attempt
A man working as a senior manager for a solar and battery inverter company has been charged for allegedly trying to bribe a public official.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Researchers have found a way to turn carbon dioxide from factory emissions directly into fuel without having to clean or purify the gas. #emissions #carbonemissions #CO2 #energytransition #pollution #renewables #sustainablefuels
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New technology could turn factory fumes into useful fuels
A team of international researchers has found a way to turn dirty factory fumes into fuel without first cleaning or purifying the gas.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Residents living near a data centre are suing its operator over the relentless, high-pitched whining sound they say is emanating from it day and night. #datacenter #datacentre #AI #energytransition #renewables
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Lawsuit over data centre's 'relentless' high-pitched noise
Residents living near a data centre have launched a lawsuit against the operator over its relentless, high-pitched whining sound.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Hailed as “the best energy minister the state has ever had”, Victoria's Hon. Lily D'Ambrosio has announced she is retiring from politics. #auspol #energytransition #renewables #energyminister #victoria
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Australia's longest serving energy minister to retire
Australia's longest serving energy minister, Victoria's Lily D’Ambrosio, has announced is retiring from politics. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Australian ocean engineers have used simple geometry to create a floating wind turbine design that can be built and installed for 40% cheaper than traditional turbines. #offshorewind #windturbine #engineering #renewables #energytransition
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New floating turbine design to make offshore wind cheaper
Ocean engineers at UQ have overhauled the design of floating wind turbines in an effort to make offshore wind farms cheaper to build.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Stage 2 of Quinbrook’s massive Supernode Battery in Queensland has successfully completed construction and commenced commercial operations. #BESS #batterystorage #renewables #energytransition #bigbattery
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Supernode Battery Stage 2 begins commercial operation
Stage 2 of Quinbrook's Supernode Battery in Queensland has successfully completed construction and begun commercial operations.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
The Western Australian Government has granted State Significant Project status to Woodside’s controversial proposed Browse Gas project, despite strong opposition from environment and conservation groups. #browsegas #fossilfuels #renewables #energytransition #gas #LNG
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Woodside's Browse Gas declared State Significant Project
The Western Australian Government’ has granted State Significant Project status to Woodside's proposed Browse to North West Shelf Project.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
A motorist has captured incredible footage of a brown bear stranded on top of a power pole in New Mexico. #bears #powerpole #electricity #weird #nature
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Video captures bear stranded on power pole in US
A motorist captured incredible footage of a brown bear stranded on top of a power pole in New Mexico in the United States.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
The tiny town of Menzies will soon have one of the cleanest power supplies in Australia, with a new energy system to deliver up to 80% renewable energy. #renewables #energytransition #australia #cleanenergy
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Tiny Western Australian town to run on 80% renewables
The tiny Goldfields town of Menzies will soon have one of the cleanest power supplies in Western Australia. Read more here.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Transgrid has begun readying New South Wales’ transmission system to enable the installation of 10 synchronous condensers—massive spinning machines that will help stabilise the grid as it transitions from coal to renewables. #syncon #transmission #renewables #energytransition #grid
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Transgrid begins grid preparations for syncons
Transgrid has begun readying New South Wales' transmission system to enable the installation of synchronous condensers—or 'syncons'.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
A new 'citizen science' initiative is helping inform energy policies in Australia, with participants sharing energy data and insights on their energy use and technology uptake. #livinglab #citizenscience #grid #renewables #CER #csiro
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Citizen science on steroids with NEAC's Living Lab
CSIRO’s new National Energy Analysis Centre is helping inform energy policies in the real world through its Living Lab. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
To meet demand from AI companies, some of the world’s largest data centres are planned for the outskirts of major Australian cities. Dozens more are planned. #renewables #datacentres #energytransition #electricity #grid
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Data centre boom won’t mean higher power prices—if we unlock stalled renewable projects
Some of the world’s largest data centres are planned for the outskirts of major Australian cities. Dozens more are planned.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
New research shows efficient electric hot water systems could provide energy storage equivalent to 2 million home batteries while saving billions in energy bills. #hotwater #waterheater #electrification #renewables #energytransition
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After home batteries, could the humble water heater be the next big step forward?
For the average Australian home, water heating is still the biggest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Read more here.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Renewable energy supported by storage continues to be the lowest cost pathway for Australia to reach net zero, according to the latest GenCost report from CSIRO and AEMO. #netzero #renewables #energystorage #gencost #energytransition
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GenCost 25-26 shows renewables and storage remain Australia's lowest-cost net zero pathway
The latest GenCost report shows renewables supported by storage are the lowest cost pathway for Australia’s electricity system.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Origin Energy will issue refunds to more than 4,500 customers following an ACCC investigation into its 'Ongoing Saver' residential electricity plan. #originenergy #electricitybill #energybill #ACCC
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Origin Energy to refund customers after ACCC investigation
Origin Energy will voluntarily refund over $270,000 to more than 4,500 customers following an ACCC investigation. Read more.
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Energy Source & Distribution @esdnews.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Australia will bolster its energy storage capability with a groundbreaking new compressed CO2 battery. #CO2battery #batterystorage #renewables #energytransition #technology
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Victoria to build Australia's first CO2 battery
Victoria's SEC has revealed plans to develop Australia's first compressed CO2 battery in partnership with Energy Dome. Read more here.
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