RenewEconomy

Many are proposing the obvious, but wrong, solution to avoiding future price hikes: develop more gas production resources. This path will fail.

Did AEMO allow the S.A. grid to fail. "I don't know", says energy minister, after witnessing measures to protect NSW from possibility of failed coal generator.

Sydney Markets unveils purpose-built 640kW solar car park, taking total installed capacity to 910kW, with more to come.

ZEN Energy unveils partnership with Santos as part of plan to offer cheap "baseload renewable electricity" product to commercial and industrial users.

South Australia to build country’s biggest battery storage plant via tender, as well as adding gas plant as “back-up”, creating a new “energy security target” and giving energy minister new powers to intervene in electricity market.

Labor's WA election win locks in a $19.5m commitment to Carnegie Clean Energy's 20MW Albany Wave Energy Project.

The rise in wholesale electricity prices is delivering huge new incentives to solar PV and battery storage.

Clean Energy Finance Corporation backs three more big solar projects in Queensland and Victoria, as ERM finally unveils its first major renewable off take deal.

South Australia to unveil new energy policy on Tuesday, amid speculation it may support two major battery storage projects.

New report highlights measure taken to protect NSW grid from potential failure of Queensland's most modern coal plant. South Australia may well wonder: why not us?

With any luck, the series of weekend Tweets between tech billionaires Elon Musk and Australian Mike Cannon-brookes will be the wake up call needed to shake Australia's politicians, regulators and media from their delusion that fossil fuels are the only answer to Australia's so-called energy crisis.

The biggest problem facing Australia's National Electricity Market is that it has no management team. But someone has to accept responsibility for the mess.

Perovskite PV technology demonstrated on industrially-applicable roll-to-roll processes

Another 300 solar powered, energy efficient low-income homes to be built in Sydney, backed by $130m from Clean Energy Finance Corporation.

Wind and solar offer the cheapest form of abatement and the falling cost of storage means its beating out gas. Welcome to the new NEM.

Summer of record heat waves and unplanned electricity outages pushes rooftop solar installations up nearly 50% on this time last year.

If all customers with premier solar feed in tariff used its residual value to purchase a battery storage system, Australia could have a 960MW virtual power plant, at no additional cost to customers.

New EPA Pruitt won’t listen to scientists, but he promises he’s listening to industry.

Kangaroo Island lodges uprecedented challenge to state's main network operator over cable decision that could close an opportunity to export renewable energy.