News & Insights
Tracking the sector as it moves.
Regulatory and market developments across renewable energy, long duration storage and data centres, published as they happen.
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The developer rating scheme is now a condition of Commonwealth underwriting
Launched in May 2026 as a voluntary scheme, the Developer Rating Scheme became a condition of bidding into CIS Tender 11 on 25 August. Its register is still empty.
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Overshoot changes the design basis for energy infrastructure
UNEP's overshoot report concludes the world will pass 1.5°C within a few years. For energy infrastructure, asset lifetimes now outlast their design assumptions.
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A national data centre energy obligation moves from idea to advice
Energy Ministers have welcomed AEMC advice that would require data centres to buy certificates from new renewable generators and show their load is backed by firmed capacity. The threshold and the staging remain open.
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AEMO’s 2026 ESOO: a clearer path to reliability, if the pipeline lands on time
For the first time since the Retailer Reliability Obligation began, AEMO has requested no reliability instruments. The pipeline has grown to 40 GW, and the outlook now depends on delivering it on time.
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NSW now ties data centre approval to new-build renewable offtake, not existing supply
New South Wales has released the first detailed state framework for data centre energy rules, requiring long-term offtake agreements with new-build renewable projects rather than existing supply.
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