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Regulator proposes new rules to force network operators to consider new technologies - presumably battery storage and local renewable energy - as an alternative to replacing new poles and wires.

Fancy a flight in a solar-powered electric passenger plane? According to the two adventurers behind the remarkable Solar Impulse plane completing a unique and fuel-free flight around the globe, that could be a reality within the next decade.

After an inauspicious start to life, the 10MW Williamsdale solar farm is under construction, and should be generating electricity by November.

Enphase Energy has installed its first residential battery storage system at a Sydney house, in final phase of testing before mass market rollout.

Commercial energy storage economics are attractive today in seven U.S. states. Could grow to 19 states by 2021 according to report.

Conflict with entrenched interests was a major theme of the 2016 Intersolar North America opening session.

Utility charges levied on solar customers have caused uproar among environmentalists in New Zealand.

The re-elected Coalition government has the opportunity to revamp its policies on climate change, but will Malcolm Turnbull have the appetite and internal authority to tackle the challenge?

Coalition says it is "the only ones that can protect against the electricity price rises". But in week after its re-election, electricity prices were nearly double those during the carbon tax, and soaring gas prices and the investment drought in renewable energy are to blame.

Wind energy delivered more than two-thirds of South Australia’s electricity over the weekend, and more on Monday.

Considering the major role of human error in car accidents, computer assistance and eventual control should lead to a big reduction of death and injury.

US energy management start-up Geli to establish regional hub in Australia, backed by $3m investment from Southern Cross Renewable Energy Venture Capital Fund.

Solar PV contracts are now cheaper than natural gas plants in the US, where even some utilities see a future where there will be no more gas turbines.

Getting high level of renewable energy in the electricity system will be easier and cheaper than most people think, particularly with battery storage costs falling so quickly.

China is expected to suspend all new coal power plant development in its upcoming five-year energy plan, as supply far outstrips demand.

Germany approves plan to end renewable energy feed-in tariffs in favor of competitive auctions and clear volumes for wind energy development.

LG Electronics (LG) has announced its first bifacial panel will be introduced in Australia later this year.

For the Republican Party, internet porn is a “public health crisis.” Coal, however, is perfectly “clean.”

Energy regulation is broken, and consumers will be paying more for electricity and gas in years to come.

The ACT government's bold plan to source 100% of its electricity needs from renewable energy looks set to pay handsome dividends. At current wholesale market prices, it may get much of its wind energy for free, while the rest of the country grapples with record prices caused by soaring cost of gas.