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Panasonic's new 5.3kWh lithium-ion batteries will be available to Australian households from December.

The rising cost of gas generation has more than doubled electricity prices in NSW and Qld, with Qld facing a particularly expensive summer.

The South Australian Government is inviting applications for the $10 million Future Mobility Lab Fund to boost local testing, research and development of connected and autonomous vehicle technologies.

AGL Energy Limited (AGL) today announced on behalf of the Powering Australian Renewables Fund (PARF), that it has reached financial close on selling its 102 MW Nyngan and 53 MW Broken Hill solar plants into the fund.

City of Sydney to try again to remove barriers to local generation, as energy rule maker challenged to move its thinking into 21st Century.

Australia's wholesale electricity prices have barely moved for nearly two decades, and renewables will play key role in keeping a lid on them in future.

Record output from wind and hydro in October nearly matches brown coal for first time, as new data highlights how quickly renewables could reduce emissions.

National Australia Bank updates tally of “financed emissions” from power generation assets, while firming its commitment to a global carbon budget that limits global warming to less than 2°C. But what does this mean for future fossil fuel lending?

ANU method of making semi-transparent perovskite solar cells achieves "one of highest" efficiencies reported for a perovskite-silicon cell.

Bureau of Meteorology says wind gusts of 260km/h knocked down grid in South Australia blackout. It says it issued multiple warnings of destructive winds, raising questions about why AEMO took no action, and instead tried to pass the blame to wind farms.

CEFC research has identified South Australia, NSW, ACT, Victoria and Western Australia as states with best policy settings and levies for businesses to recycle waste and reduce operating costs.

The impact of America's new President on clean energy in the US and Australia is difficult to predict. But there are a couple of forces even he can't Trump: physics and economics.

Australian CleanTech Index fell by 0.7 per cent for the month of October, but cleantech stocks remain well ahead of ASX 200.

Adelaide City adds solar and battery storage install at a Council depot, and a UPark LED lighting upgrade, to its plans to be carbon neutral.

With US transportation sector emissions surpassing electricity for the first time in decades, reducing CO2 from transportation is more critical than ever.

President-elect Trump’s “Energy Revolution” is based on unfettered expansion of American energy production, and opposition to anything that might limit it. But will it be as bad as it sounds?

In good news for Australian renewables – and perhaps even better news for a nervous US market – Deutsche report names "detrimental solar policy" as one of biggest drivers of booming global battery storage market, which it says has reached an inflection point.

Yackandandah FoodWorks have just installed 80kW of solar panels on their roof.

At Marrakech, Australia's decision to ratify Paris was met with similar applause as in Bali 2007, when Kevin Rudd finally ratified Kyoto. But in the near decade since, climate diplomacy has become even more integrated to our international interests.

A new solar standard in France has developers competing on more than just price – they must also compete on their project's environmental sustainability.