The former PM – once one-eyed in his support of pumped hydro storage – is proposing to co-develop a four-hour big battery on the outskirts of Melbourne.

State tips $500,000 into local family-owned electric motor specialist to support delivery of a state-of-the-art wind energy servicing centre on Australian soil.

Energy market operator reinforces need for more flexibility, storage and transmission as electricity demand is squashed to record new lows, mainly by rooftop solar, which met 99.9 pct of supply in one ...

Behind the Pacific’s reliance on fossil fuel imports lies an extraordinary economic opportunity. But tapping the huge solar potential needs international support.

As the party backed by Gina Rinehart burns effigies of renewable energy infrastructure, one of her key mining investments is operating at more than 80 pct wind and solar.

Plans to add batteries to three-quarters of the turbines at a proposed 298 MW wind farm have won two key approvals, paving the way for what will likely be Australia's first grid-scale hybrid wind and ...

A policy designed to give households access to abundant free solar power has been nobbled by a regulatory process that put electricity retailer interests ahead of consumer bill savings, one expert ...

Solar Sharer exposes a fundamental problem with our energy system – protecting retailer revenues can take priority over cutting household bills.

One Nation has promised to extend the life of a coal-fired power plant as part of its un-costed – and unhinged – Victorian election policy platform.

Australian Renewable Energy Agency will invest more than $100 million across 20 research and development projects as part of its mission to further drive down the cost of solar power generation.

Sabiene Heindl from The Energy Charter on the need for strong regional leaders for transition to renewables. Plus: The frack up over data centres, and other news.

As plug-in solar hits stores in the UK, lobby groups are reminding governments and regulators that the same is possible in ...