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Students from Western Sydney University Solar Car Team have won the first stage of the biannual American Solar Challenge race.

ACT energy minister Shane Rattenbury says Territory under "enormous pressure" to agree to NEG, but that won't be happening in the policy's current form.

King coal to rule? Murdoch media should read the AEMO report again - it suggests that even under Coalition and state policies renewables will be around 50% by 2030. And that's without being serious about climate change.

CSIRO report says Australia could lead world in re-use and recycling of lithium-ion batteries, generating potential billion-dollar industry, and helping to push down costs of EVs and battery storage.

AEMO says 70TWh of coal is to retire by 2040, and the cheapest way to replace it is with solar, wind and storage, and just a tiny bit of gas. And no coal. But it wants more transmission lines and renewable zones to manage this transition.

The world's biggest battery, a ground-breaking greenhouse project to grow tomatoes in the desert and a solar schools challenge in Western Australia are among the finalists announced in the 2018 Clean Energy Council Awards.

FREE webinar Tuesday 17 July 2018, at 10:30am (AEST). Find out the latest on the National Energy Guarantee and small-scale solar.

Zinfra has been awarded the construction contract to build the connection assets on behalf of AusNet Services as part of the construction of the Stockyard Hill Wind Farm.

The pipeline of wind and solar shows 3.3GW of wind and 3.4GW of solar PV either commissioning, under construction or certain to proceed. Add to that another 3GW of rooftop solar.

Renault makes electric Zoe available to individual consumers in Australia after modest sales to fleet owners.

Producers continued to starve the domestic market while making super profits off consumers.

After a record 2017, there is now more than 1900MW of solar PV farms under construction across Australia, and 35GW in various stages of development.

ACCC report identifies too little competition in market, but chooses to leave status quo in place. That won't help energy prices.

Development approval given for 300MW solar farm near Gladstone, yet another sign of transformation of the state's coal industry centre.

South Australia government hails success of trials of first phase of Tesla virtual power plant, saying it resulted in lower prices and greater grid security. It now seems disposed to roll-out the full 250MW planned, as well as its own plans for battery storage grants.

Days after ACCC calls for rooftop solar scheme to be abolished, new report identifies why more rooftop solar should be encouraged to reduce peak demand on hot days and boost system security.

Tesla says unprecedented chaos in South Australia's electricity market on Monday highlights need for quick shift to 5-minute settlement. Coalition predictably blames renewables, while ACCC waves its hands and says price gouging is perfectly legal.

BMW Group has confirmed Australian arrival of MINI Countryman plug-in hybrid EV in second quarter of 2019.

Mini has released some preliminary sketches for what promises to be the first fully electric production model for the quintessentially British brand.

California's greenhouse gas emissions have fallen to 1990 levels, well ahead of the state's 2020 target date.