RenewEconomy

In final installment of series, we consider improving efficient and productive use of electricity, and the effect this might have on national emissions.

The vision to set new standards for cost-competitive renewable heat and power production became a reality today with the official opening of a revolutionary green energy facility in Denmark.

Assumptions that South Australia's wholesale electricity prices are higher than other states, and that it relies more on imports are not true.

Australia's biggest brewer, CUB, signs deal with new 112MW solar farm near Mildura as part of its plans to go 100% renewables, saying it will lower and lock in electricity costs. The shift to renewables by Australia's manufacturing base is accelerating.

Carnegie wins NERA funding to integrate solar PV and storage at the Blacktip Wellhead Platform in the Southern Bonaparte Basin.

Strong winds and offshore wind farms helped deliver record 39.6% of UK electricity on Sunday morning.

EPYC withdraws application to develop 54 turbine wind farm in NSW, after two planning department rejections and 400 community objections.

Election of Steve Marshall – and expectation he will be a vassal of Coalition in Canberra – likely to do more damage to country's renewable energy transition than that of his state. Jay Weatherill will be missed, but he leaves SA with huge momentum.

In part two of three-part series, we consider the question of firming variable renewable generation.

New SA Premier Steven Marshall vows to scrap Tesla's plans for world's biggest virtual power plant targeting low income households, in favour of a $100 million subsidy for those homes already with solar.

New analysis suggests the targets contained in the National Energy Guarantee are actually worse than if the government did nothing.

A version of Hyundai's Ioniq electric sedan has been rolled out across various Australian fleets, before the full suite of EVs arrives in Australia in late 2018.

First of three-part series examining the evolution of Australia’s electricity system to 2050, and the role of policy-makers along the way.

AusNet Services has, for the third time, taken part of a Melbourne street completely off grid – this time for 21 hours.

Electric vehicles can now travel across WA’s Kimberley region, thanks to three new charging stations servicing the 900km stretch of Northern Highway between Kununurra and Derby.

Despite what the Turnbull government says, coal has no place in Australia's future energy mix – for three basic reasons.

If the NEG could get one thing right, you might think it would be a signal for new investment in "dispatchable" capacity. But Tesla and Genex, the leading developers of battery storage and pumped hydro projects, say it could do the opposite.

$10 million loan from SA Government to help Sanjeev Gupta steal crown of "world's biggest lithium ion battery" from Tesla's Elon Musk.

Tesla says National Energy Guarantee needs to be much more ambitious, and the Energy Security Board needs to catch up with technologies like battery storage.

Electrolux wants to power its only remaining Australian factory with a combination of 2.5MW of solar PV and 500kW battery storage.