RenewEconomy

A reduction in retail margins is more than offset by an increase in wholesale generation margins.

Spot electricity prices were down sharply in the last week. Will renewables be blamed?

Sydney Opera House's new Environmental Sustainability Plan aims to cut total energy use by 20% and boost recycling to 85% by 2023.

New report from Citi suggests that the combination of solar, wind, storage and big data will finally deliver on the promise - made half a century ago by nuclear boosters - of "free energy".

New report reveals that electricity price spikes in South Australia have reduced as renewable energy grows.

There are lessons for South Australia and the rest of the country in how Port Augusta has gone about their transition to renewable energy so far.

Australia Clean Energy Council Recognizes Project with Energy Makeovers and Sunverge Employing Storage and Software to Reduce Peak Demand and Eliminate New Poles and Wires

The rapid, short-term growth in Australia's large-scale solar market has already been enough to drive costs down faster than even the most optimistic project developers could have predicted. Stand by for a big solar boom.

When the main interconnector closed in South Australia prices surged. But the bidding patterns by the fossil fuels generators were curiously spaced.

Here’s a summary of new batteries and new energy storage systems that have been announced in Australia in June and July 2016.

Infigen Energy says big rise in quarterly revenue due mainly to higher merchant electricity prices in South Australia, strong winds and higher LGC prices.

Seven's Today Tonight report into renewable energy included some shocking errors, and it didn't mention that one of its quoted critics is actually a big supporter of solar energy.

New report forecasts that the energy storage market in Germany will have an annual value exceeding USD1 billion by 2021.

As NSW’s relatively generous solar rates come to a close, 150,000-odd solar homes are looking to make the transition as painless as possible. So what are your options? We break them down for you.

ACT govt-funded installation of 500kW solar array is underway at Canberra Hospital, part of project that will save it $490,000 by 2017-18.

The overall tone of Clean Energy Summit is much more upbeat than last year, and it appears that the political resistance to renewables is fading.

BNEF and Clean Energy Regulator warn renewables market headed for shortfall, RET policy has "fundamental holes in it.”

After 12 years of planning and testing, Solar Impulse has finally completed its epic voyage around the world – all without using a single drop of fuel.

Startups are figuring out ways to beat incumbents in their own game. Virtual power plants may be the answer.

Josh Frydenberg's apparent shift in thinking on renewables is welcome, but his call to end moratoriums on unconventional gas is profoundly out of step.