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Tesla's all-electric heavy duty Semi truck makes its first trip, carrying Tesla battery packs, of course.

Two big coal units fail simultaneously in Victoria, taking total trips to 44 since start of summer, and 13 for brown coal generators since Christmas. Tesla battery hopped in again.

Much-hyped National Energy Guarantee will address problems that cause just an average 2 seconds of outages a year, and is "pointless" on emissions. Coalition urged instead to aim for 70% renewables.

A second ARENA-backed trial of wind farms' ability to provide frequency control ancillary services to be conducted in Tasmania.

Carbon Brief analysis shows the UK’s CO2 emissions from fossil fuels fell by 2.6% in 2017, driven by a 19% decline in coal use.

New analysis shows "extraordinary" amount of rooftop solar installed in February, with more homes seeking to "max out" available roof space with modules.

Following its success with Sydney’s major commercial landlords, the City is now enlisting the office, accommodation and entertainment sectors in the battle to slash carbon emissions.

Leading Australian Impact Funds Manager, Impact Investment Group, today announced that Chloe Munro AO, will chair the board of directors for the company's solar energy investment funds.

It’s official: CER data says Australian homes and businesses installed record total of 1057MW of solar, mostly on rooftops, in 2017.

City of Sydney add funds to help Ausgrid's push for more rooftop solar in Australia's biggest city to avoid costly grid upgrades.

CEFC provides loan to finance most of 5MW solar farm to be built on former colliery site near Newcastle, paving the way for batteries and electric trucks.

New planning and community engagement guidelines are in development to guide Queensland’s solar farm boom.

Architect of Australia’s most successful renewables policies says proposed National Energy Guarantee lacks ambition, transparency, and won't hit climate targets.

Victoria says response to Australia's largest renewable energy auction has been extremely strong and expects prices to be "very competitive".

From this auction, the agency will be able to purchase between 25 and 100 per cent below the benchmark price.

University to install 1.2MW of solar and a 0.5MW/2MWh vanadium flow redox battery system, cut its grid electricity consumption by 40%.

EXCLUSIVE: Neoen, operator of the Tesla big battery, now plan a "hydrogen superb" in South Australia with 150MW of solar, 150MW of wind, a 50MW hydrogen electrolyser and up to 400MWh of battery storage.

A paper in Nature Climate Change presents the results from a new modelling exercise using six different “integrated assessment models” (IAMs) to limit global temperatures in 2100 to below 1.5C.

South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory contribute a combined total of just 6.3% to the nation's total scope 1 emissions. Can you guess the common denominator?

Bational register of Australia’s home battery installations would cost around $10m, but would remove potential huge "blind spot" and could improve power system security.