RenewEconomy

If 2017 was a year of price shocks and renewables investment, we expect 2018 to be more cagey. That said, bids in America for wind plus storage at $US21/MWh is not a bad start!

NT calls for expressions of interest to develop battery storage system of 25-45MW to support grid in Darwin and Katherine.

2017 saw almost 1.1 GW of rooftop PV installed and at least another 0.1 GW of PV above 100kW commissioned. What's in store for 2018?

2017 marks the first time scientists concluded certain events could not have occurred – like, at all – without global warming.

Professor Stuart Wenham – the director of the Photovoltaics Centre of Excellence – died suddenly just before Christmas. Colleagues pay tribute to a pioneering researcher and inventor of solar cell technologies with a wide smile, iconic Aussie accent and never-say die enthusiasm.

US battery maker Tesla has again been selected to team up with French renewables developer Neoen on another ground-breaking Australian project; this time on a wind farm and battery storage facility that will help power a major Victorian farming business.

Environment Victoria CEO Mark Wakeham has responded to Yallourn power station’s proposal to extend their coal mining licence revealed in the Herald Sun today.

The Renewable Energy Target legislation has been amended to clarify the eligibility of solar photovoltaic (solar PV) systems under the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET) and the Small-Scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES).

TransGrid has announced Mr Jeremy (Jerry) Maycock will join its Board as Chair from 22 February 2018.

IEEFA’s latest report finds that China continued to set itself up to dominate clean energy sectors during 2017.

SolarReserve’s 150MW solar thermal power plant has been granted development approval by the South Australian Government, paving the way for construction to begin this year.

Flow Power, has announced that it has entered into a large - scale Renewable Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Olam Orchards Australia Pty Ltd.

2017 has been an impressive year for renewables, but ends with a major cloud hanging over it: what happens once the RET is sorted?

Snowy 2.0 only makes sense if Australia has a much higher share of renewables than contemplated under the NEG.

We asked Josh Frydenberg, Mark Butler and Adam Bandt to share their predictions for 2018 and what's important. This is what they said.

It's been a stellar year for news, readership, podcasts and feedback. We'd like to thank our readers and supporters. We'll be back soon.

Three local banks agree to finance 530MW Stockyard Hill wind project in western Victoria, validating its record low price for wind project in Australia.

Telstra, ANZ lead consortium to buy output from new 429MW wind farm, and lock in similar low price achieved by Origin earlier this year.

Tesla big battery's dramatic intervention after Loy Yang trip, and a separate 0-100MW injection in just 140 milliseconds, illustrates yawning gap between technologies and market rules. The future is here, but market rule makers are not ready for it.

Snowy 2.0 or Snow Job? Costs for Turnbull's pet scheme more than double, the economics are kept secret, and project may do little more than use coal power to push water up hill unless Coalition seeks more wind and solar.