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NSW says it has accepted an unsolicited offer from Australian Super and IFM investors to buy 50.4% of utility Ausgrid for just over $16bn.

Tesla announces new self-driving software and hardware suite that it says will deliver a safety level "substantially greater than that of a human driver."

Desutsche Bank says falling solar PV module prices in US – down potentially 40% in just two quarters – could spark 2017 "gold rush."

Berkeley Lab study shows greater potential than many other recent assessments.

Stopping the thermal coal juggernaut in time is one of the keys to keeping the world to its Paris targets.

Big growth in EV adoption will create complexity for grid operators and other electricity market stakeholders.

New Zealand utility Vector using Tesla Powerpack for major push into Australia battery storage market, targeting off-grid and business customer markets.

Under the new agreement, developed nations will reduce HFCs 85% below current levels by 2036. How will it work?

AEMO report into blackout suggests fall in wind output, caused by an easily fixed "self protect" mechanism, was main cause of blackout. But wind industry says catastrophic fall in voltage as transmission lines fell was biggest culprit. And everyone wonders why AEMO had no plan B.

September 2016 ends a streak of 16 consecutive record-setting hot months in NOAA’s dataset. The run of planetary heat has rewritten the record books.

The two big myths about wind energy, cited by critics as the cause of the South Australia blackout, have been blown away by AEMO report.

Global Wind Energy Outlook report released this week outlines scenarios which show how wind energy could supply 20% of global electricity by 2030.

Grant King takes parting shot at state-based renewable energy targets at Origin Energy AGM, repeating Coalition line that they make transition harder, more expensive.

AGL's new fixed price offer to Victorian households suggests it expects much higher wholesale prices over the next two years.

CEFC CEO Oliver Yates to retire after overseeing $2.3bn in investments and steering Australia's renewables industry through extended periods of policy uncertainty.

A little over six months after I moved into a new home I have installed a combination of rooftop solar and battery storage. It's amazing what a little bit of storage can achieve.

While politicians question renewables reliability after South Australia's blackout, consumer interest in solar and battery storage has spiked.

Coalition campaign against state-based renewables targets – and the deployment of its most potent weapon, policy uncertainty – has reached a new heights over the past couple of months. Could Turnbull trump Abbott?

Elon Musk's EV project was so successful that Tim Cook decided his company should build its own electric car to compete with Tesla. How hard could it be?

The latest Tesla/Panasonic Gigafactory will begin production of cells and modules in 2017 at the firm's acquired Buffalo site in New York.