Insights
Commentary on developments across energy, infrastructure and data centres in Australia, and what they mean for project contracts.
The Nelson Review proposed an Electricity Services Entry Mechanism to replace the current patchwork of underwriting schemes. The design is still moving, but the contracting consequences are already visible.
Read moreVicGrid and DEECA have declared five onshore renewable energy zones and a Gippsland shoreline zone, and Australia’s first offshore wind auction opened in August 2026. Both change how Victorian projects are developed.
Read moreThe transformer failure at the Waratah Super Battery is a useful illustration of how a single plant item, failing during final testing, reaches into completion, liquidated damages, insurance and offtake at the same time.
Read moreAEMO now counts a 67 gigawatt data centre connection pipeline against around 2.2 gigawatts of connected capacity. The legal work has shifted from property and fit out to connection, tenure and firming.
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