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Queensland has officially become the Solar State with new figures confirming that combined solar rooftops are now Queensland’s largest power station.

AGL today announced the appointment of Melissa Reynolds to the newly created role of Chief Customer Officer and the promotion of Richard Wrightson to the position of Executive General Manager, Wholesale Markets.

National Transport Commission (NTC) and Austroads publish national guidelines to support Australian autonomous vehicle trials.

Clean Energy Innovation Fund completes $26m capital raising, easily surpassing its $20 million target with help from some big investors.

New contract signed in Arizona reveals record low price for large scale solar in US, and a stunning reduction in the price of battery storage. The new combined solar and storage deal of below 4.5c/kWh cuts previous prices by more than 60 per cent and is far cheaper than a peaking gas plant.

The results for Ausnet underline case for a rethink on who should pay for new grid connections. This would force a proper consideration of distributed generation at the time the network extension is built.

What’s that you say? Australia has ‘clean coal power stations’? Well, it depends how you define ‘clean coal’.

Donald Trump’s 2018 budget would eliminate agencies within the Department of Energy that fund energy technology projects.

Coalition seeks feedback on proposed funding for Port Augusta solar tower plant, but already appears to have agreed to equity funds rather than a loan.

Power Purchase Agreement to provide Competitive Solar Electricity Rates to United States Air Force for 25 Years.

Daimler is planning to build its second battery storage system manufacturing facility in Germany.

City of Sydney backs study by local start-up, Wattblock, into how Australia’s apartment buildings will accommodate – and power – mass EV uptake.

Tritium has announced it has started trials of its award-winning Veefil-RT 50kW DC charger in China.

Two recent EU renewable energy auctions in Germany and Spain have yielded not only significant interest in onshore wind power, but record low prices.

Pacific Hydro looks to fund new wind, solar and hydro developments with multi-currency fund raising.

ARENA switches focus of solar PV support back to R&D, in bid to achieve more cost savings and ensure solar can provide nearly one third of Australia's electricity within 15 years.

Denmark says tax on self-consumed PV will reduce budget expense and will slow down faster than expected development of solar.

Supporters of Adani mine says coal crucial to solving poverty, but new report suggests new coal mines will only worsen climate change and drive poor nations deeper into poverty.

Swiss voters back plans to provide subsidies for renewable energy, ban new nuclear plants and help bail out struggling utilities.

CEC throws support behind proposal to buy out premium feed in tariffs in exchange for a battery storage device, and says storage does not need new subsidies, but widespread reform to bring the country's energy market into the 21st Century.