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Australia has much to gain from strong and sound electric vehicle policies.

Australian group plans a 100MW solar project with up to 40MW of battery storage at the edge of the grid in South Australia, plus other projects.

Electricity retailers make their biggest margins in South Australia, the state at the centre of controversy over energy prices. And retail margins in many states have jumped 50 per cent.

Turnbull names pro-nuclear Josh Frydenberg to head combined energy-environment portfolio, climate denier Matt Canavan to head resources.

The weekly round up of the electricity market. Plus: What if both Hazelwood and Portland closed down?

The price spikes that hit South Australia were once common place in Australia, but have now all but disappeared since the build out of wind and solar. But the conservatives don't want to know.

South Korean company with biggest share of Australian grid-connected battery storage market has released new range, from stackable 3.3kWh lithium-ion to 9.8kWh.

Richard Branson says all cars on roads in 15 years will be electric vehicles.

UK residential battery storage upstart Moixa has recently attracted the interest – and funds – of three former leaders of Britain's old energy order.

Preliminary data from Fraunhofer’s Energy Charts project indicates that Germany will probably surpass its 2020 target for renewable electricity this year.

Greg Clark was appointed head of the new department during a dramatic cabinet reshuffle after the new prime minister axed the Department of Energy and Climate Change.

Given the recent media attention, here are some charts on the relationship between clean energy installations and your electricity bills..

Auction for 130MW large-scale solar in Rajasthan sees winning bids at extreme lows of (AUD) 8c/kWh (INR 4.35/kWh, USD 0.065) this week.

Coalition and Murdoch media continue attack on wind and solar, ignoring the soaring cost of gas and the actions of the energy market cartel. Meanwhile, fossil fuel generators seek to reinforce their market dominant position.

A new map of Eneropa sums up very well why campaigners for community energy are skeptical of designs to create an EU-wide renewable energy system.

Sydney-based energy data company Wattwatchers has appointed a 10-year veteran of world's biggest smart meter company as new managing director.

Qld-based Nano-Nouvelle's lithium-ion battery boosting Nanode technology to be trialled by two US battery manufacturers in new deal.

Homes in Glenvill's new-build Melbourne development, YarraBend, will have rooftop solar and Tesla Powerwall battery storage as standard features. Is this the new normal for suburbs of the future?

Solar Juice launches new division, Solar Capital, as one-stop shop for PPAs and early project financing.

South Australia pleads with state's most efficient gas generator to switch back on. But what was promised in return? Or was the generator just happy to help?