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Asbestos in wind turbine brake pads - update on testing and remediation
The Clean Energy Council is continuing to work with wind industry manufacturers, regulators and our members on the discovery of asbestos within brake pad components of internal service equipment of some wind turbines supplied by third-party manufacturers.
Connections Reform Initiative - December 2025 update
In early 2021, AEMO and the Clean Energy Council (CEC) established the CRI to address concerns with delays and increasing complexity in connecting to the National Electricity Market (NEM).
Energy market reforms on the horizon from Ministers' final meeting for 2025
The Clean Energy Council (CEC) supports the outcomes of yesterday’s final meeting between the country’s Energy Ministers, and said it demonstrated positive progress towards securing the vital reforms that will drive a fit for purpose wholesale energy market design and a national technical framework for consumer energy resources.
CSIRO GenCost report reaffirms firmed renewables as most practical option for Australia
The Clean Energy Council, Australia’s peak body for the sector, welcomed the 2025-26 GenCost report released today calling it the most comprehensive electricity cost modelling to-date which it said confirms the cheapest way to replace ageing coal power stations is with renewables backed by batteries, storage and flexible firming.
More Aussie households to benefit from a summer of solar storage
Today’s announcement by the Minister for Climate Change and Energy, of an increase in funding for the Cheaper Home Batteries Program to $7.2 billion, recognises the success of the program in driving substantial uptake among the 4.3 million Australian households and small businesses with rooftop solar installed.
New Queensland Energy Plan must focus on driving renewable energy investment
The Clean Energy Council and our members acknowledge the passage of Queensland’s Energy Roadmap Amendment Bill 2025, which recognises the important role that renewables will continue to play in Queensland’s energy mix. However, we remain concerned about a lack of ambition set out in the State Government’s Energy Roadmap, which outlines up to 6.8 GW of new wind and large-scale solar farms, and up to 3.8 GW of storage capacity are projected to be brought online by 2030.
