RenewEconomy

NSW new initiative on energy efficiency is good model for the Victorian government's long-awaited energy efficiency and productivity strategy.

Owner of 13MW Mugga Lane Solar Park – winner in ACT govt’s first large-scale renewables tender – has launched a rather unusual tender.

Australia, once held up a paragon of energy market reform, has fallen well behind the pace, both in terms of current progress and future vision.

Investors feel like they have been sandwiched between Cory Bernardi and Bob Brown, but there are finally signs that the investment drought for wind and solar is over.

Enova Energy decides to lift solar feed in tariff to 12c/kWh, good news for solar households, including those about to lose premium tariffs. The small community owned retailer is rattling the big boys in the energy market - not because of its size, but what it stands for.

Last week served as a reminder – as if we needed another one – that climate policy is still a wild ride in Australian politics.

AGL Energy says SA virtual power plant well ahead of schedule after 150 first round battery systems snapped up by consumers.

Two out of five Australian companies with fossil fuel investments fail to acknowledge the science of climate change, a new survey has found.

Recently launched New Energy Solar takes majority interest in two California PV farms, developed by US giant, SunPower.

Senator Malcolm Roberts has met with some of world’s most notorious and longest-serving climate science deniers to help put their stamp on the new Trump administration.

Not a single fossil fuel company in the world discloses potential emissions from their reserves – and that is a big problem.

Younicos will design and supply a 49 MWlithium-ion battery storage system located at a former gas and coal power plant in northern England.

India’s coal power boosters are now confronting an increasing array of signals which suggest the diversification away from coal will only accelerate in 2017.

NSW and Queensland - which still own their networks - block reforms that could lower network costs. Meanwhile, Finkel sings praises of pumped hydro and household battery storage to COAG energy ministers.

The AEMC's latest report again takes the breath away for the depth of its ignorance. In the case of wind and solar, it is becoming increasingly obvious that it has no idea about technology costs.

Elecnor's 25MW Barcaldine Solar Farm in central-western Queensland is feeding electricity into the grid – two months ahead of schedule.

WA wave energy developer says its mWave technology is attracting strong interest in Europe, where the company has plans to roll out a series of commercial-scale wave farms, starting in Portugal.

The growth in global production of greenhouse gases has decelerated over the past few years, with 2015 seeing the first actual reduction, of 0.1% compared to 2014 levels.

President-elect Trump on rounds out a potential dream team of anti-environment cabinet members with the chief executive officer of ExxonMobil.

Report shows 4,143MW solar PV installed in US in Q3 2016, at rate of 1MW every 32 minutes. Q4 on track to beat record again.