NEM Pipeline Passes 80 GW, $32.5 Billion Financed or Under Construction & Collie Steel Mill Signs BHP Renewable Deal | Australian Energy News
Tune in to the 26 October 2026 edition of the Australian Energy News Podcast, powered by EServices4U. Today's briefing covers AEMO's Connections Scorecard showing an 80.9 GW pipeline of generation and storage seeking connection to the NEM — now larger than the grid's current 77 GW capacity, with batteries making up 55 per cent — the Clean Energy Council's $32.5 billion of projects financed or under construction, Generation Steel's binding renewable power deal with BHP for its proposed Collie steel mill in Western Australia, and today's solar panel circular-economy hearing announcement and ARENA Solar Sunshot webinar.





