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Victoria regulator says there is obviously network value in rooftop solar, but it says it is difficult to work out how much without a grid services market.

The Palaszczuk Government will consult with the energy industry to develop innovative ways to reduce state school energy costs using solar and energy efficiency measures.

South Australia looking for only one hour of battery storage, in decision that may rule out some battery storage technologies.

Nearly every Australian will pay some part of the cost of the Abbott Government’s decision to effectively stop investment in generation.

Electricity network owner attacks major energy retailers over reliability of their gas plants, the manipulation of prices and high retail fees. It says it wants rapid transition to renewables, but incumbents and market rules getting in the way.

Fairfax joins Murdoch media, ABC and right wing blogs with hysterical and inaccurate story about potential blackouts once Hazelwood is closed.

Tesla is planning to open its third service centre in Australia, combined with the first store for Queensland, both in Brisbane.

Concerns raised again that the NEM's coal and gas generators can no longer deliver the grid security services expected of them.

Solar Analytics awarded $2.1m grant funding from ARENA to fast-track its household solar monitoring technology.

Carnegie is pleased to announce a capital raising via a Share Purchase Plan to raise up to $6 million for the 10MW Northam Solar Project and its project pipeline.

Market rules again under focus as SA generators push up prices, and regulator report documents another incidence when gas plant "failures" and rebidding pushed prices to stratospheric levels.

Careful examination of the economics of the battery will be needed to ensure that the people of South Australia get the right sized solution at the right price.

Ted Dillard's must read book about the history of electric motorcycles has captured a much wider and more profound story.

Electric vehicles could help answer the question of how much renewable energy capacity to build, and how fast.

The Australian says 2009 report warned SA should not go beyond 20% renewables. Actually, it said "there are no significant technological constraints" to achieving 40%.

Despite the Coalition talking down renewables, the Kodak moment has finally arrived.

The amount of coal-fired power plants under development dropped dramatically in 2016.

Feed-in tariffs are simplest and best known mechanism to support rooftop solar, but are there other ways to value distributed generation?

Musk says no “Beta” version of the Tesla Model 3, and Tesla to begin driving early release candidate within week or two.

Adelaide Airport's solar powered, autonomous shuttle bus service one of seven successful applicants to SA Future Mobility Lab Fund.