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Sanjeev Gupta, the UK-based steel billionaire with plans to create a "solar-based" manufacturing economy in Australia, and build electric cars, is now backing a push to bring the Formula-E electric street racing series to South Australia.

WIRSOL Energy has reached a landmark agreement with SIMEC ZEN Energy, the Australian energy arm of Sanjeev Gupta’s GFG Alliance, by contracting the majority of energy production from two large Australian Solar Farms.

Following the recent debut of its EV-charging single-phase inverter, SolarEdge will now also provide a standalone EV charger that offers greater system design flexibility.

The evolution of electric motorcycles is happening before our eyes, with control systems and battery designs the final barriers to yet more power and speed.

JA Solar announced that the electricity generating capability of its bifacial mono PERC double glass module was certified by international authoritative testing institute TUV Rheinland.

Here are five ways the the NEG will penalise consumers, particularly those with rooftop solar. If it all sounds like it can’t possibly be true, it is. But it can be fixed.

Blockchain platform developed by Perth-based Power Ledger used in California to manage credits generated by renewable EV charging.

Coalition seeks to make it harder for any future government to change low-ball emissions targets, and removes option for changes with 5-years notice.

An extra $460bn per year needs to be invested on the low-carbon economy globally over the next 12 years to limit global warming to 1.5C, a new paper says.

Genex offered $516 million loan from Northern Australian Infrastructure Facility for world-leading solar and pumped hydro storage project.

Australia’s coal-fired generation capacity could be little more than a twinkle in Tony Abbott’s eye by as early as 2050, when renewables are forecast to provide 92 per cent of the country's electricity.

ASX-listed packaging giant Orora signs second renewable energy PPA in matter of months, this time with 228MW Lal Lal wind farm in Victoria.

Just as in almost every other industry these days, it pays to keep a close eye on what happens in the Middle Kingdom.

Massachusetts Senate unanimously passes energy bill promising to dramatically reshape the vehicles and fuels that power its transportation system.

UNSW academics compare campaign against wind and solar and high renewable energy scenarios led by pro-nuclear lobbyists to efforts by the tobacco industry to sow fear and uncertainty and delay action.

CSIRO launches Energise app, to create “two-way communication channel” between energy experts and consumers.

The NEG does nothing. It won’t lower prices, it won’t reduce the large gentailer influence, it won’t bring about new investment. In short, it's fraud as far as policy goes.

BNEF says EV sales in Australia have started slowly but will finish quick and will beat the global average by 2040, after passing tipping points on affordability in 2025. More intriguingly, the EV fleet will create a "behind the motor" storage market as big as Snowy 2.0.

Macquarie Capital sells two 40% stakes in Lal Lal Wind Farm, which is reported to have off-take deal with “two Australian industrials.”

Latest version of National Energy Guarantee raises concerns it could put a de-facto cap on efforts by states, retailers and even corporate buyers, while the creation of a closed registry raises issues about transparency.