RenewEconomy

The panel charged with reviewing Australia's renewable energy target concluded, simply, that we ought to increase greenhouse gas emissions and protect fossil fuels. The conclusions exist to render a perfect energy system - coated with carbon.

Australian Energy Markets Commission to review grid "system security" in light of increasing penetration of wind and solar, opening up a new battlefront between the powerful incumbent energy industry and the new technologies challenging their business models.

Elon Musk reveals part 2 of Tesla master plan, including ambition to dominate car sharing space with a fleet of customer-owned, autonomous-driving Tesla EVs.

The rise in electricity prices has followed the rise in gas prices. It could not be any clearer.

Wind investment in Australia rebounds to highest level since Coalition government elected, but solar investment falls to lowest levels since 2009.

"The duck has landed.” But what Californians call a technical limit is, in reality, a political one, as a comparison with Germany reveals.

Victorian state government becomes Australia's first to join green bond market with $300m issuance to finance low-carbon investment.

Report finds Australia going backwards in energy efficiency, due to particularly poor performance in transport and industry.

We need policies that will push harder to help large-scale clean energy technologies reach the necessary level of commercialisation and integration.

While 2016 has gotten a boost from an exceptionally strong El Niño, the record temps are mostly the result of accumulating greenhouse gases.

Lux Research report highlights oil's dominant position, fails to note electric cars are better vehicles in "almost every way."

The Australia Institute says gas are generators are driving "obscene" power price spikes by choosing to exploit an energy market failure, rather than fulfil their role of complementing renewables.

Front page "exclusive" on The Australian about wind energy is so spectacularly wrong that it might make you laugh, were it not for the fact that so many conservatives swallow this tripe.

Solar power and battery storage are already challenging conventional electricity generation and distribution models. This transition to clean energy is happening in spite of government policy, not because of it.

Regulator report highlights monopolistic gas industry behaviour SA trying to fight. And where did 3,200MW of coal capacity go?

NRG Energy has completed installation of America's largest rooftop solar array: an 8.3MW system on MGM Resort's Mandalay Bay Convention Centre in Las Vegas that will supply 25% of the entire resort and casino complex's electricity.

ACT opens $2m pilot program to provide access to solar rooftop to those households least able to afford it – or high electricity bills.

Engie may have put its Australian assets up for sale, including Hazelwood. Would AGL be interested in an asset swap and replace an ageing gas plant with renewables?

He's been dubbed Mr Coal and talks up nuclear, but chances are Australia's new energy and environment minister knows the future lies in renewables. The question is can he, or does he want to, convince his conservative peers he should be allowed to take this path?

Victorian Labor underlines support for wind energy development, as a boon to regional economies and a key climate action.