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Spain reboots its renewable energy program, while India has said the country will double the installed capacity in solar parks to 40 gigawatts.

Engie & Schneider Electric have signed a MoU to explore and deploy new digital solutions for operational efficiency of renewable assets.

Australian specialist infrastructure fund manager Infrastructure Capital Group (ICG) has acquired Bald Hills Wind Farm from Mitsui & Co.

China is now well past its 2013 coal peak, while the utilization rate for coal-fired generators declined to 47.5% - an all time low.

French renewable energy firm Neon aims for 1GW wind and solar in Australia after completing the finance of the 109MW Hornsdale 3 wind farm in South Australia.

Data released this week is hard evidence Australia’s pollution is going up and that means Turnbull and Frydenberg’s policies are failing.

Bloomberg chart shows tide turning on the uptake of electric cars, as more EV models fall to around $US20,000 mark.

A group of Australians have joined a list of so-called "eminent scientists" telling president Trump that climate science is baloney.

Infigen Energy secures PPA with EnergyAustralia to buy 60% of output of proposed 113MW Bodangora wind farm in NSW to 2030.

The new Victorian feed-in tariff announced today marks an important turning point in the struggle for recognition of the real value of distributed renewable energy.

Large scale battery storage developers have expressed their frustration with Australia's knowledge gap, saying regulators and ministers appear completely unaware the technology is being deployed at scale elsewhere in the world.

$200m Clean Energy Innovation Fund is coordinating a meeting between investors and start-ups, in new push to fast-track low-carbon energy sector.

Victoria solar households to get big lift in payments for exports to the grid, but Greens say households still being sold short.

So what could possibly be wrong with Malcolm Turnbull's sweeping vision of energy security, steeped in coal and gas? Well, pretty much everything.

Will regional communities come out winners in Labor’s transition to a net-zero emissions economy? “Yes, no, maybe” if you listen to Shorten. It’s no wonder regional voters are confused.

Co-founder of Eden Project wants to bring the concept to Hobart, in co-operation with MONA art gallery and Australia's science community.

The crisis continues Although electricity consumption and pool prices fell sharply this week due to more moderate weather, 2018 base load futures rose another 5%. That’s three weeks in a row prices have risen 5%  and FY18 futures prices have now cracked the $100 MWh mark in all States ($99 MWh in Victoria). Prices in […]

In every State no more than 2 players account for more than 50% of generation market share. That doesn't encourage competition and is pushing up prices.

Supporters of carbon capture plants on coal power stations are seeking to sell the story they are cheaper than renewables – despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

The EIS proposed by Labor and others is a wasteful rob-Peter-to-pay-Paul scheme designed to favour gas, and which will lift energy prices more than they need be.