RenewEconomy

Community energy goes to market: Victoria town of Newstead seeks expressions of interest to help refine plan to go 100% renewable energy.

QUT to test Sumitomo CPV solar technology for Qld climate, with view to add redox flow battery storage "in due course."

China and to some extent India are emerging as the principal practitioners of an alternative vision of energy growth.

Baker & McKenzie has assisted SRPC in its initial public offering of shares.

Coalition attacks "latte-sipping" opponents of coal generation while enthusiastically joining in a One Nation sponsored "debate" of climate science in the Senate. And there are still 60 days until Trump becomes president.

Eco Energy World secures 2nd solar farm approval in Queensland; both projects likely to use "merchant" funding model.

Gas price jump pushing up electricity prices in Queensland, while post-Trump spike in bond rates will push up financing costs for renewable energy projects.

The 2016 Marrakech Climate Summit finished strongly, despite the election of President Trump, with a multitude of commitments and actions.

Ten Canberra Institute of Technology (CIT) students will travel to Paris in 2017 to study advances in renewable energy.

Trump's position on clean energy and climate change is little different to that of Tony Abbott's, whose policies have been unchanged by Malcolm Turnbull. But Trump's success has unleashed a new push from the lunar right that will make any progress incredibly hard to achieve.

The Ukrainian government now aims to give a new renewable life to the Chernobyl exclusion zone.

Despite signing in 2013, Australia has still not ratified the UN’s Minamata Convention on Mercury.

Now that the election is in the past, it’s worth returning to Tesla’s announcement to see what strategic values or challenges this would bring.

Elon Musk says Tesla's solar tiles could cost less than – and last twice as long as – a regular "dumb roof."

Adani Australia says design and tendering underway for $200m, 100-200MW solar project in Qld Bowen Basin; construction set to begin 2017.

Swiss reactor operator Alpiq reportedly could find no buyer for its two nuclear plants and is therefore hoping to give them to the Swiss state.

Donald Trump is preparing to lead America during a perilous period for the 130 million residents of its coastal counties.

Elon Musk has announced that Tesla and SolarCity shareholders have approved the merger between the two companies.

Tesla's Australian Supercharger Network adds two six-bay stations between Sydney and Brisbane, one between Melbourne and Adelaide.

International Energy Agency questions economics of Galilee Basin coal projects, suggesting coal is not popular in India and its use will be rapidly usurped by solar and wind if climate targets are to be met.