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The Paris agreement to limit global warming to below 2°C requires nothing short of a global energy revolution. Is this possible?

Drawing from personal experience, a look at what the new national standard for solar installation could mean for home solar and battery plans.

The 2017 Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme target has been revealed. So what does this mean for solar installs?

Victoria battery storage tender attracts more than 100 proposals, outstripping even the phenomenal response to South Australia tender. Meanwhile, changes to obscure rules that could encourage more storage and demand response become a mainstream issue.

Scrapping of planned coal power and accelerated investment in wind and solar are essential, but it can be done significantly cheaper than IEA estimates.

Having lost ground early in the month, March energy efficiency market prices were stable, amid talk of cheaper forms of commercial lighting.

Herbert Smith Freehills has acted for the financiers on the project financing of the A$26.6 million Gullen Solar Farm project near Canberra.

Day 2 of the Large-Scale Solar 2017 conference in Sydney saw some interesting themes emerge. Here are five of them...

Rooftop solar capacity in Queensland receiving state's now defunct premium FiT of 44c/kWh has been overtaken by the total of rooftop solar receiving retail rate.

"Get used it". That was the simple message to energy incumbents highlighting rapidly changing "energy paradigm" in Australia and across the world from baseload power to "flexible generation".

Clean Energy Regulator says Australia on track to meet 2020 RET, driven by large-scale solar boom.

Renewable certificate prices fall despite looming shortfall, as some suggest retailers may choose to pay penalty price rather than make new investments.

Musk taunts short sellers after Tesla stock surges and overtakes Ford Motor Co in market value.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised Infigen Energy on the development of the Bodangora Wind Farm near Wellington in New South Wales.

The CEFC has financed more than 1,000 specialist energy efficiency projects undertaken by a broad range of small businesses, topping $150 million in CEFC investment.

Report finds 71% of the experts consider global transition to 100% renewables both feasible and realistic.

The South Australian government's ground breaking battery storage tender has generated a huge response from interested parties, with more than 90 proposals submitted in the first fact-finding round, indicating the massive possibilities with the technology.

The IEA is using unrealistic assumptions about emissions and CCS to keep coal and oil in the picture.

Wastewater treatment plants are energy hogs. But a number of new technologies are promising to change this.

It's hard to imagine that even a satire writer could write such a stupid script as the government's recent energy policy announcements.