Rio Tinto’s 360 MWh "Hot Bricks" Heat Battery, Distressed QLD Solar Farm Fire-Sales, European Energy’s 30-Year First Nations Deal & Whyalla BESS Jobs | Australian Energy News

Tune in to the 21 October 2026 edition of the Australian Energy News Podcast, powered by EServices4U. Today’s briefing covers Rondo Energy and Rio Tinto launching engineering design on a 360 MWh thermal "hot bricks" battery at the Yarwun alumina refinery, two heavily curtailed Queensland solar farms selling for less than one-third of replacement cost, European Energy signing 30-year agreements with Traditional Owners across three Queensland solar and battery projects, GreenPoint Energy offering 75 construction jobs at its Koolunga BESS to displaced Whyalla Steelworks workers, and leadership shake-ups at Queensland state utility Stanwell alongside new Snowy 2.0 survey revelations.