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Australia's 2026-27 Federal Budget introduces targeted capital gains tax reforms for foreign investors in renewable energy infrastructure while focusing on system integration and market modernisation. The Budget notably avoids substantial new funding for large-scale renewable generation, raising questions about how the nation will achieve its ambitious 82% renewable electricity target by 2030.

The global focus on renewable energy projects has increased, as are renewable energy initiatives by the mining sector.

Many companies are exploring ways to jointly develop renewable energy projects and extract minerals from the same land.

These GEO amendments will reduce the regulatory impost on government agencies to generate or supply renewable energy.

Both international and Australian developers are eager to capitalise on Australia's abundant offshore wind resources.

Standalone battery energy storage system developments are subject to Qld's new renewables planning regime (introduced earlier this year for wind & solar farms).

The Govt has set up the largest renewable energy venture capital fund to launch innovative technology and products.

Once the bills have received royal assent, the carbon tax repeal and most other provisions take effect from 1 July 2014.

This High Court decision will impact the future of low emissions vehicles and may affect state taxes in a broader sense.

As the world's political leaders gather for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow in November 2021, our collective attention once again turns to the impact of human endeavours and industrial development on our climate.

Victoria's new Sustainable Data Centre Action Plan introduces comprehensive planning, renewable energy, and community benefit requirements for data centre developments. The regulations establish location restrictions, noise limits, renewable energy mandates, and water supply requirements while creating new referral authorities to oversee compliance. These changes will significantly impact how developers and operators plan and execute data centre projects in Victoria's rapidly expanding market.

This case considered the rateable value of certain rural land in Victoria, the subject of various wind farm leases.

This update focuses on the key funding and policy statements in the EFS that will influence Victoria’s energy industry in the years ahead.

Electricity retailers and some large NEM customers will need to meet reliability and emissions reduction requirements.

Proponents of battery technology may receive more regulatory changes from the AEMC Integration of Energy Storage review.

On 26 February 2010, the Rudd Government announced that it would divide the renewable energy certificates market into two separate markets - a small scale market and a large scale market.

In the NEM, generators are dispatched in real-time based on their bids and regardless of technology type.

This brief provides a short history of the Objectives and a view of how the addition of an emission reduction objective may change policy settings in the market.