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ABC political commentators are in the nasty habit of parroting fossil fuel myths as if they are fact. This is a problem for viewers.

CEFC says it working with SA government on finance package to support state's 100MW battery storage project.

Clarke and Dawe nail Australia's energy debate in hilarious interview with "Wal Socket."

Four days after laying off an estimated 400 employees, Sungevity has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

First phase of AGL Energy's Adelaide 5MW solar and storage VPP trial goes live, linking 60 battery storage systems.

Two large-scale batteries will be trialled as back-up power at an islanded 170MW power station in Carnarvon WA.

In his last BBC interview, the statistician highlighted five key ways demographics are shaping the world.

Record numbers of songbirds are still being killed on a British military base in Cyprus.

The South Australian premier, Jay Weatherill, unloads on the federal energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, at Frydenberg’s own media conference in Adelaide. Frydenberg who was scheduled to launch a federally funded battery storage scheme, was not expecting Weatherill at the event. The two hosted a joint press conference where Frydenberg accused the state of selfishly trying to ‘go it alone’ and Weatherhill of ‘crash-tackling’ his event. Weatherhill hit back claiming the Coalition was the ‘most anti-South Australian commonwealth government in living history’ and that it was ‘galling’ to listen to Frydenberg’s claims

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AEMO report says sudden loss of S.A.'s two biggest baseload gas plants nearly pushed state into another system black on March 3. Fortunately, wind farms came to the rescue.

The art of science - captivating scientific images from the 2017 Wellcome Image Awards.

Astronomer Susan Murabana takes a telescope round Kenya to enthuse schoolchildren.

Could circular runways be the future of air travel? Aviation expert Henk Hesselink of the Netherlands Aerospace Centre believes so.

SA premier and federal energy minister go toe to toe at opening of battery storage trial, in first meeting since Coalition started bagging state's renewable plans.

Extra cost of wind and solar power outweighed by energy saving, says report.

The Australian Petroleum Statistics provide statistics on petroleum production, refinery inputs and outputs, sales and stocks of petroleum products, and prices.

CORAL GRAVEYARD: Parts of the Great Barrier Reef will never fully recover from repeated bleaching of its corals by spikes in sea surface temperatures, scientists say.

Turnbull's $2 billion pumped hydro scheme paves way for 100% renewable grid driven mostly by wind and solar, and kills any chance of more gas and coal fired generation. It also makes nuclear redundant and turn conversation away from "baseload" power concepts.

A deadly haze of air pollution over China in 2013 has been linked to the melting of Arctic sea ice.

Access to flower-rich habitats is key to the survival of wild bumblebees, say ecologists.