Analysis and commentary on urban decarbonisation, transport electrification, and the systems shaping Australia's energy future.
The thing you're buying isn't a charger
Most council EV charging tenders spend forty pages on the cabinet and almost none on the four things that actually decide whether the chargers ever work.
Kerbside charging isn't a charging problem. It's a parking policy problem.
The most expensive moment in a council EV charging project is the one where the parking team finds out about it. A note from inside Australia's first commercial kerbside network on why the chargers aren't the question.
Western Sydney's Energy Problem Is a Commercial Opportunity — If Anyone Steps Up
The Western Sydney International Airport has completed major construction — terminal, 3.7km runway, roads, utilities — and is on track to open for domestic and international operations in late 2026. Since rezoning, the Aerotropolis has triggered close to $26 billion in committed private sector investment, with 18,000 construction jobs active and somewhere between 120,000 and 200,000 future jobs underpinning the precinct's long-term trajectory.
Transport links, roads and schools will absorb the policy attention. But there's a layer of infrastructure almost nobody is talking about seriously: energy.
And that silence is either a policy failure or a commercial opportunity, depending on where you're sitting.