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Australia is already at 19 per cent renewables as at June, and could reach 43 per cent renewables by 2030, just with the state targets in Queensland and Victoria, new data shows.

Rooftop solar PV registrations for June fell from May’s record volume, but the first six months are still 50% ahead of last year.

Matter Technology, one of Australia’s first solar start-ups to target rented households, has gone into voluntary administration, and is seeking buyers.

Monash commits to wind offtake deal that brings the university into powerful consortium of corporate buyers, and closer to target of 100% renewables.

Impact Investment Group announces "first close" on Solar Asset Fund after notching up $55 million in commitments.

Eighty years on from the first commercial production of the iconic Volkswagen Beetle and it looks like the once popular ‘people’s car’ is going electric.

As more and more wind and solar is added to the grid, the shape of their output is also changing, and in a way that should give confidence about a clean energy future based around a high level of variable renewable energy sources.

Transgrid seeks to buy 40MW of demand management - at a fraction of the price that it would need to spend otherwise on network upgrades in inner Sydney.

In illustration of "how fast the transition to EVs is happening," Australia's Tritium to supply its "world's fastest" EV charge technology for 100 new stations across Europe.

Australian Industry Group urges electrification as way to avoid expensive gas, and joins growing number of groups suggesting write-down of network valuations to reduce energy costs.

Corporates have driven around $3 billion investment in new renewable energy projects via corporate PPAs.

Another 110MW solar farm joins the grid in Queensland, taking that state's total to nine, and matching NSW and the ACT.

Driverless electric shuttle buses capable of travelling at speeds of up to 45km/h to be trialled in planned ‘autonomous vehicle hub’ in SA.

Elon Musk has tapped into what could be a deal-closer to bring gas-guzzlers over the line, albeit asking the converted.

JinkoSolar has supplied 275.4 MWdc of high efficiency modules to Green Light Contractors Pty Ltd for use in the Bungala Solar Farm near Port Augusta, South Australia.

Decline in LGC market gathers pace as traders debate whether softening is cyclical or fundamental, while STC market also loses ground.

Solar power became, albeit briefly, the biggest source of electricity in the UK last week. A hint of the future.

IPART makes good on plan to slash state rooftop solar tariff almost by half, ignoring concerns cut will penalise solar households for their role in helping to bring power prices down.

Did you know most states' building codes force people to connect a new house to the gas network? The question is – why?

Weak target for NEG will impose an effective carbon price of $35/tonne on rest of economy, or a total of $10 billion, and will ignore cheaper emissions reductions from wind and solar.