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There were signs at COP22 that several countries have begun the long-term planning needed to avoid dangerous climate change.

South Australia wholesale prices fall below Queensland and NSW, despite some more $14,000/MWh price events engineered by peaking gas plants.

Australia’s top climate scientists respond to news the incoming Trump Administration will scrap climate research at America's top research facility, NASA.

Federal government flags plan to scrap petrol excise, in part because it is "unfair" that electric vehicles don't pay it.

No matter how much Trump waves his magic wand there’s not much he can do to revive the prospects for thermal coal.

If we miss bending the rising emissions curve downward by around 2020, we miss the chance to avoid the worst damage.

Here are some data sets that provide real insights into the unique conditions experienced by big solar in the Australian landscape.

The impact of new highly efficient fridges and washing machines, zero carbon homes and LED lighting will likely reshape the global energy markets, Citigroup says, removing pricing power from fossil fuel plants.

Victorian Liberal opposition reportedly threatening to block legislation to adjust the state's solar feed in tariff.

Sweden has announced a government subsidy that will cover 60% of the cost of installing a residential energy storage system.

Tesla's 14kWh Powerwall 2 batteries open for order in Australia, with installations set to begin in Feb 2017 – just as 100s of thousands of solar households lose their premium FiT.

The huge success of a community-based program encouraging solar and battery storage uptake in Australian homes and businesses suggests the battery storage sector may be in the early stages of mass-market uptake. And that's not all it tells us.

Community solar funding program gathers pace, meeting latest $140,000 target in just two days to install solar on three local businesses.

Vietnam parliament votes to scrap plans to build 4GW of nuclear power, citing declining electricity demand and a doubling in the cost of the two plants to $US18 billion.

The climate isn’t waiting to see what a President Trump does, and neither should the world.

Donald Trump  is now using his new leverage with leaders near and far to benefit his business empire.

A group of 48 countries - including 7 close neighbours of Australia - have pledged to fast-track 100% renewables between 2030 and 2050, and ratchet up emissions reductions by 2020.

Intense warmth in both the air and oceans is driving the mini-meltdown at a time when Arctic sea ice should be rapidly growing.

One of the greatest energy-related disasters in living memory is now set to become a bastion of PV development in Europe.

Trump says from Day 1 he will cancel "job-killing restrictions” on production of unconventional shale energy and "clean coal". Meanwhile, Canada announces coal ban.