AGL names Bayswater, Loy Yang and Torrens Island as sites with all the attributes data centres are looking for – while offering the "major opportunity" of increased demand in return.

State quietly launches its own version of the Solar Sharer offer, giving households the option to access three hours of free power between 11am-2pm, daily.

Development process rolls on for 190 km transmission project as state planning minister moves to exempt the project from council planning requirements.

The renewable energy industry might be outgunned on Facebook, but community groups are fighting bot farms and outrage-bait with trust and mateship.

The last of 83 turbines has been installed across a two-stage wind farm part owned by a developer that has had two other projects "called in" by the state LNP government.

Too many Australian households are being locked into high energy use, high bills and uncomfortable living, a new policy scorecard has revealed – but some states and territories are much worse than others.

Vestas has landed a contract to supply turbines to the biggest wind project to begin construction in Australia in more than two years.

I spent all my working life in coal mines before retiring in 2020. Since then I have become a passionate advocate for establishing renewable industries in areas where coal mines will close.

Report suggests focus has shifted from how we can leverage rapidly improving emissions measurement technologies, to whether or not they will fit into a clunky, regulatory box.

BoM chart shows giant El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific is nearing record weekly levels.

When larger farming machinery and vehicles are fully electric and affordable, Australian farmers will grab the opportunity with open arms. But first we need some rule changes.

Earthworks begins on key substation for the Copperstring transmission line that will unlock some of the country's biggest renewable energy projects and mining province.

Technology used to build world's tallest wind turbine, to tap into high altitude winds, similar to the self-lifting tower technology being used by Fortescue's Nabrawind.

New report shows Germany generated as much solar energy by end of September as in whole of 2025 - and almost three times more than Australia over the same period.

Plans by the owner of Australia's biggest wind farm to build a new stand-alone battery, with a capacity of up to 1 gigawatt and four hours of storage, join federal queue.

A new scorecard tracking progress of the renewable energy sector against government targets reveals a crisis of confidence among wind and solar investors.

A four-year grassroots campaign has transformed into a major ARENA-backed pilot to help up to 1,000 Canberra households go electric.

Fossil-fuel proponents have used a 'drop in the ocean' argument over their impact on the climate - a new tool developed by Australian researchers will now hold them to account.

Australian households have installed a record number of rooftop solar systems and home batteries so far this year, well above official forecasts.

Trump administration appears to have bet on the wrong horse, with renewables surging and coal power shrinking despite his bluster and conspiracy theories.

Few home battery owners have signed up to join virtual power plants, with concerns about loss of control and a lack of trust discouraging a higher take-up.

It is 10 years since South Australia's state-wide blackout: Far from being the end of the renewable transition, it became a catalyst for stunning technology advances.

First urban renewable energy zone to host pilot program to demonstrate how social housing tenants can benefit from cor-ordination of rooftop PV and home batteries.

I first realised there was a problem with coal productivity when looking at diesel consumption, which is up about 70% per saleable tonne.

Australia's most powerful battery has finally been given approval to run at full capacity and act as a giant shock absorber to the grid.

A new report finds that monitoring of methane emissions can be significantly improved, particularly for the coal industry.

Plans to install a nearly 350 km undersea cable between Tasmania and Victoria have cleared another key milestone and marked a significant Australian first.

Germany's cabinet approves roadmap to phase out oil, coal and gas across energy, industry, buildings and transport, reaffirming target of net zero by 2045.

A new report finds that monitoring of methane emissions can be significantly improved, particularly for the coal industry.

Eastern Australia is not yet in the grip of a terrible 2019-20-like drought but early signs of drying out as a mega El Nino builds have communities and researchers on edge.

Network's revamped community power trial aims to turn surplus commercial solar into lower bills for 32,000 customers across entire neighbourhoods.

Neat chart offers new snapshot on how big batteries fed on a diet of excess wind and solar are increasingly muscling out fossil fuels from the lucrative evening peak.

Plans to install a nearly 350 km undersea cable between Tasmania and Victoria have cleared another key milestone and marked a significant Australian first.

A wind project likely to be the biggest in Australia when complete, and helping power giant smelter, looks set for 2027 construction start after federal green tick.

Plans to build a 1,561 km gas pipeline from the NT Beetaloo Basin to south-east Queensland could cost as much as $9.74 billion, a new report has found, adding huge costs to a heavily polluting project.

A renewables developer with four grid-scale battery projects currently under development in Australia has been acquired by a Singapore based asset owner.

Dan Tehan's attempt to win the climate wars carried a whiff of napalm - dropped on the Opposition itself, and of course the industry.

The most important imperative for Australia is to get rid of diesel. It is a no brainer for the economy, for national security and the environment. But there is no policy.

Contracts awarded for the biggest new wind project in Australia for more than two years, which is expecting to begin construction soon.

State government says it has no plans to water down or pause a regulated phaseout of gas from homes and businesses, despite the bidding of one of Australia's largest gas infrastructure corporations.

Original Power is leading a push to protect people using prepaid meters from being disconnected when temperatures rise above 40ºC.

Swedish floating wind innovator may build a 20 MW demonstration project in Australia using its unique vertical-axis turbines.

Origin Energy, the country's biggest retailer and already the owner of the biggest gas generation portfolio, unveils plans for one of the biggest peaking plants in Australia.

Origin Energy, the country's biggest retailer and already the owner of the biggest gas generation portfolio, unveils plans for one of the biggest peaking plants in Australia.

Queensland premier says state still "firm" on powering new data centres with coal and gas, while also rejecting key elements of the energy and climate policies newly proposed by the federal Coalition.

IEA report finds electricity could meet 33% of world’s final energy consumption by 2035 – and slash the bills of fuel-importing nations by more than $US400 billion.

AEMO has changed its thinking about the ability of grid forming inverters to satisfy minimum system strength needs - a major step forward given the high cost of syncons.

A big battery that had promised to be state's biggest back when it was first proposed has – five years later – reached its full nameplate capacity.

Modelling by Renew reveals a Goldilocks package of energy efficiency upgrades is needed to make rental homes healthier and cut tenants’ bills by up to three-quarters.