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NSW Premier suggests intervening in Liddell closure as way of "guaranteeing cheap and reliable electricity" for state.

The climate system will heat well past 1.5 °C and perhaps up to 2°C without any further fossil fuel emissions, new research finds.

Herbert Smith Freehills has cemented its reputation as the pre-eminent firm for project finance in the renewables sector across Australia and New Zealand after topping the Inframation Deals league tables for 2017 .

NAIF's first loan - to the oil and gas industry - is an effective subsidy to accelerate climate change.

Best performing utility in US says it will be soon be cheaper to install new renewables than to continue operating existing coal and nuclear plants.

Landis+Gyr announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with energy retailer Simply Energy to provide smart metering services to more than 550,000 households across Australia .

Arizona – a Republican Party stronghold – is poised to take the lead on energy storage as it mulls an 80 per cent clean energy target by 2050.

Cullen Range, the first solar farm to be co-located with a wind farm formally opened, to be followed by at least a dozen more.

Energy retailer Powershop signs up for new 200MW solar farm and two major wind projects and says it was "stunned" by the low prices offered. It will also buy three hydro generators, but will need to more than double customers to match output.

After a growth spurt from the 1960s to the '90s, then 20 years of stagnation, the Era of Nuclear Decommissioning is upon us.

Shorten says transition to renewables key to cheap and reliable energy, new industries, and the future of the reef. But he's going to have to work hard to make this a major issue in what could be an election year, and he needs to be clear about Adani.

Another week, another coal unit failure, this time at AGL's Liddell plant – you know, the one the Turnbull government wants kept open to boost grid reliability.

Electric vehicle drivers can now tap free, green, EV fast charging stations from Coolangatta to Cairns, and Brisbane to Toowoomba, as govt completes first phase of "world's largest" EV super highway.

See no problems, hear no problems, do very little. We read the AEMC's Reliability review in the hope of finding some interesting ideas. We didn't.

China has unveiled some details of its much-anticipated emissions trading scheme, confirming its move to a national carbon market after several years of regional pilots projects.

Photon and Canadian's plans for 1.14GW of large scale solar in NSW suggest that the post-RET investment cliff predicted by some may not occur just yet.

Lismore opens country’s biggest solar farm, and flags five fold increase in size and may add battery storage. The unique community funding model forms a key part of city’s push for 100 per cent renewable energy by 2023.

Reaction to Victoria outages emphasise two points: One is that despite spending tens of billions, and inflating everyone's power bills, networks are still the biggest cause of blackouts. And two, the tolerance of such outages is close to zero.

Tens of thousands of Victorians were left without power over the long weekend as the distribution network struggled with blistering temperatures, reigniting fears about the stability of our energy system.

The Tesla big battery now has a widget to show its ground-breaking activities - rapid charge and discharge - on Australian energy market.