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One-third through 2018 and we've chalked up 100MW+ new rooftop solar every single month. But how long can the solar boom last?

Australia's inaction on electric vehicles means it could be left behind in yet another round of global disruption, leaving it hostage again to international developments, rather than reaping benefits of helping to engineer the change.

Tasmania is going solar, with Epuron about to build the first two solar farms - 5MW and 12.5MW - in the island state.

Sonnen closes $95m financing round led by Shell Ventures, which will help fund expansion in Australia, and closer ties on EV charging and virtual power plants.

Global smart metering leader Landis+Gyr and Pacific Equity Partners today announced an agreement to form a joint venture for the acquisition of Acumen from Australia’s largest energyretailer, Origin Energy Limited.

Carnegie Clean Energy raises $5.3m to go towards existing and pipeline of wave, solar and battery storage microgrid projects.

German energy giant teams with Google to extend rooftop solar mapping tool to Great Britain, and potentially also to Italy.

South Australia shows surprisingly little curtailment of wind energy, even though its output can reach 120% of demand at times.

SA Liberal energy minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan vows to continue state's dramatic energy transition, and flags support for programs that could deliver 100,000 household batteries.

AEMO says reserve mechanism that ensured lights stayed on last summer cost just $6 per customer, and praises role of newly deployed technologies such as batteries and demand response.

Work begins on Risen Energy's 121MW Yarranlea Solar Farm, west of Toowoomba, which is going ahead without a PPA.

Sweden's Vattenfall connects 500 BMW i3 batteries to 228MW wind farm in South Wales, in "UK’s largest" co-located onshore wind and battery project.

US report demonstrates how renewable and distributed energy resources can provide the same grid services as gas generators – and avoid $1 trillion of new plant costs.

Debate over whether we can run electric grids on 100% renewables in coming decades misses a key point: many countries and regions are already there.

Gupta says GFG Alliance could build 10GW of large scale in Australia, as well as make EVs, and use car batteries for household storage.

AEMO reports detail how Tesla big battery helped keep the lights on last summer, smashed prices in specialised markets, and made money for itself from price arbitrage.

South Australia transmission company ElectraNet says it has found a cheaper solution that using the state’s gas plants to provide system strength to the local grid.

The biggest and most modern gas generation units in South Australia have been out of action for the past month.

Construction underway on 144MW Cattle Hill Wind Farm, which will boost Tasmania's wind capacity by 50%.

IEEFA report shows solar taking an increasingly prominent role in driving the ongoing transformation of global electricity generation.