As recently as a few months ago, the biggest detractors of Australia’s renewable energy target were saying that there was not a chance that enough wind and solar could be built to meet the 33,000GWh threshold, and the RET should be cut again.

The new head of the Australian Energy Market Operators says the notion that major energy industry players can hold on to their old business models is “insane”, and has described last year’s state-wide blackout in South Australia as a “wake-up” call for all in the industry.

Conservatives are not giving up fossil fuel power without a fight – and a solid dose of extremist remarks.

The Darling Downs solar farm project exchanged hands today with Origin Energy selling the site to the APA group.