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Saudi solar tender attracts stunning low bid of $US17.9/MWh, as even the conservative IEA hails a "new era of solar." And while Australia currently enjoys an investment boom, a new report by Climate Council says "politics" is the only major barrier to a high penetration renewable grid.

Samsung batteries to be used in new 30MW battery storage project next to create reenables-based micro-grid in South Australia.

Gullen Range solar farm is the first to be paired with a wind farm, but is just one of a number of wind-solar hybrids planned for Australia.

At most, the current orthodoxy – despite its renewable energy, electric vehicles and energy efficiency – will result in flat or gently declining emissions. It's time to stick it up the orthodoxy!

Rick Perry's plan to require increased payments to some coal plants is part of a global trend as the coal lobby desperately tries to rescue failing coal plants.

Coupled with anticipated risk to employee and customer safety and physical assets, unprepared distribution utilities must act now to improve cybersecurity capabilities.

Romilly Madew, CEO of GBCA, has been awarded the prestigious WorldGBC Chairman’s Award for her work to advance sustainable building globally.

Spot market jumps to highest levels since May as staged transition unveiled to changes in credits for lighting upgrades.

AECOM Australia & New Zealand has made three key appointments to its growing power industry team.

Impact officially opens Williamsdale solar farm in ACT, and puts together portfolio of solar assets in NSW, Victoria and Queensland for a second solar investment fund.

A Melbourne company that has found a way to recycle EV batteries for use in household and grid-scale storage gets some money from Turnbull's innovation fund.

Investec Australia Limited’s Infrastructure Finance & Investment team has added to its local funding of green energy by helping a UK developer of solar projects expand in Australia.

The IEA may be underestimating Australian household energy bills by 25% because of a lack of accurate data from the federal government.

Once upon a time political divisions on energy policy would have had a significant impact on the renewable energy market. This time, however, it has been largely ignored.

While it may take decades yet for renewables to become the dominant form of generation globally, their presence today is permanent, economically rational and their advance inevitable.

Tritium unveiled new facility that will lift manufacturing of EV charging stations 7-fold, while QLD government unveils its long term EV strategy.

Greens unveil plan for 20GW of energy storage by 2030, providing incentives for storage at household and grid level, and try to move the energy debate beyond the limited scope of baseload vs renewables.

He may already had one, but prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has just been given a blueprint by the Trump administration on how to protect dirty "baseload" coal, and extend his fight against the energy future.

New Energy Solar Fund and New Energy Solar Limited are pleased to announce the financial close of an issue of US$62.5 million of senior secured 24-year amortising notes in the US private placement market.

Q3 was Tesla’s best quarter ever for deliveries but Model 3 deliveries were lower than anticipated, due to production restraints.