If the Coalition stopped for a moment to look at science, ethics and technology, would it change much? A perfect time for Bowen to lob in idea of free solar for lunch.

Major super fund fined for allegedly making misleading online advertisements, claiming it was committed to removing all carbon emission investments.

The energy transition is not only about wind turbines and solar panels. It is also about using the most stable, abundant and local energy source available: Geothermal.

Some wind projects are having to pay up to $100 million just to secure state planning approvals, report finds – partly because of the impact of long distance objectors.

Danish-based solar developer lands another major tech giant to buy power from its growing portfolio of large scale PV projects.

Vestas vice president Jan Daniel Kaemmer discusses wind industry in Australia, the blockages and the potential. Plus: What to make of the free solar offer.

Solar panel price rises are in the offing in 2026 for large scale solar as changes in China begin to bite.

Elon Musk gets his trillion dollar payday and outlines plans to have a robot army numbering tens of billions. “Everyone will want one,” he says.

Current certification rules put the new battery technology out of reach for households, but that isn’t stopping some “never lithium” adherents.

Renewable energy retailer moves into NSW market with an off-take agreement from the newest, and one of the biggest, solar farms in the state.

One of Australia’s big hopes for solar recycling has been put into administration – much to the surprise of the company – and just months after industry warnings.

EU countries’ climate ministers have approved a 2040 climate change target to cut emissions by 90 per cent but with flexibilities to weaken this aim.

Energy Efficiency Council CEO Luke Menzel on how Australia must take a smorgasbord approach to home energy to make the most of Labor’s free solar plan. Plus, news of the week.

Queensland LNP has “significantly underestimated” huge costs of delaying coal plant closures while still shooting for net zero, industry and union groups warn.

Akaysha becomes first battery storage owner to surpass 6 GWh of capacity after sealing finance for new project that features biggest “virtual toll” deal.

Claims that solar and wind are deeply unpopular among Australia’s regional communities have been challenged by the results of a new poll.

Regulator seeks feedback on how proposed DMO reforms should be factored into its methodology, while market analysts count potential costs and savings of the Solar Sharer Offer.

Three global solar manufacturers are interested in a new technology from UNSW that helps identify faults in PV cells.

Lauren Mellor from Original Power and Dr Tom Longden from Western Sydney University discuss their new report that exposes the staggering human and systemic toll of prepaid electricity systems.

Authors of net zero cost report say use of their attention grabbing bill headline of $9 trillion is misleading, and the real additional cost is $300 billion. Oops.

The Bell Bay smelter given another year to do a deal with Hydro Tasmania as the state government leans on federal support to keep it going longer.

WA’s main grid – the biggest isolated system in the world – hits a remarkable new renewables peak of 89 per cent, driven mostly by rooftop solar.

Current climate policies put the planet on course for a 2.8C temperature rise by the end of the century and require faster and bigger additional reductions.

The second two gigawatt-hour battery to be built in the old coal town of Collie has started operations – part of an extraordinary transformation of the town into a massive storage bank.

The surge in solar-battery hybrid projects continues, with a new proposal seeking a federal green tick for development in NSW.

Installation completed of all 66,000 solar panels at what will be Australia’s largest off-grid renewable project, as another remote mine shifts from fossil fuels.

Stanwell to host an eight-hour battery next to its coal generator, part of a deal with Quinbrook leading up to the creation of a massive new energy hub in Gladstone.

Solar Sharer is a clever idea from Labor. But it also poses some risks and challenges – and will mean little if it ends up with higher charges elsewhere.

An Australian company using drones to slash the time and cost of stringing high voltage power lines has raised more money for its global expansion.

Free electricity for three hours a day! What’s not to love? But energy experts say it should be a base for a bigger push into electrification and demand flexibility.

Stubbo solar farm becomes the first large scale PV project with a state underwriting agreement to reach full production, and may now add a big battery.

The last two years of record dry periods has put Tasmania on notice that in future it will need power from Victoria just as much as being the mainland’s battery.

One of Australia’s big-three gentailers is seeking a federal green tick for a newly proposed 500 MW, four-hour big battery in Queensland.

Electricity retailers will be required to offer free solar power to households for at least three hours in the middle of each day, in a radical federal government reform.

Manufacturers should be forced to recycle batteries at the end of their lives to deliver significant safety, environmental and financial benefits.

Cheaper power for renewables neighbours has been much requested, but difficult to do. A startup says it can make work for both communities and developers.

NSW government slashes target for Peak Demand Reduction Scheme in drastic bid to help the state market adjust to the impact of the federal home battery rebate.

Nationals rejection of net zero is an act of greed, stupidity and cowardice, and will inevitably kill the industries that count on a rapid transition to green energy.

Hydro Tasmania has just posted its worst financial result in recent memory, but you’d have to read between the lines to understand how serious the situation is.

As giant hailstones hit Queensland, solar panel makers, tracker companies, and forecasters are rolling out new tech to deal with bigger, more common storms.

Renewables beat coal again, batteries beat pumped hydro, and Tasmania trumps the mainland as fossil fuel share slumps below 50 pct over a month for first time.

New report exposes what’s happening behind the prepaid meter. If it happened in Sydney, it would be a scandal. In First Nations communities, it’s policy.

Federal Labor’s voluntary national emissions certification scheme has been officially launched by the Clean Energy Regulator.

The CEO of the company behind Australia’s most powerful battery project named one of Time’s Climate titans, along with the Pope and King Charles.

Victoria fast-tracks approval for another two major projects, including a large solar battery hybrid, and new battery project in the Latrobe Valley.

Liberal Party holds hours-long talks on climate and energy, with nuclear still top of mind and no firm commitment to net zero.

SunCable seeks approval for huge solar and battery arrays – to meet data centre demand – at the famous Muckaty station, which it says could host up to 20 GW.

Amber’s Chris Thompson talks home batteries and V2G at All Energy, while RE-Alliance’s Andrew Bray and Uralla Council’s Emily Sims discuss social licence in New England. And the news of the week, including EPBC and Tomago.

VicGrid sets out preferred route for transmission line and onshore connection hub to deliver energy from Australia’s first offshore wind farms to former coal hub.

At the All Energy Conference in Melbourne, Amber CEO Chris Thompson discusses the launch of their vehicle-to-grid (V2G) trial with BYD.