The ESB's proposed capacity mechanism has very few supporters, even among the main generator lobby group. So why hasn't it been ditched for cheaper, smarter alternatives?

Queensland will increase royalties imposed on coal producers for the first time in a decade, but offered little by way of new clean energy funding.

With his first state budget, NSW treasurer Matt Kean shows green energy technologies and future prosperity will go hand-in-hand.

The ESB has looked at only one side of the capacity question. If energy ministers do not support its proposals, then the ESB should be wound up.

Australia is mourning the loss of a trailblazing climate activist and strategist, who made the case for emergency action more than a decade ago in Climate Code Red.

Byron Bay based Enova Energy has entered into voluntary administration, the highest profile victim of the fossil fuelled crisis in the National Electricity Market.

To foster climate politics based on integrity, first we need an honest conversation about the extent to which the fossil fuel industry has captured Australian politics.

Construction of a 414MW wind farm in central western NSW to go ahead later this year after signing a PPA with gen-tailer Snowy Hydro.

EnergyAustralia reveals huge losses due to coal plant outages and soaring prices, highlighting how coal generators were big beneficiaries of price cap and market suspension.

In a perverse way, the Coalition government can take much of the credit for renewables progress over the past decade, grossly inadequate as it was.

Bowen says individual states will decide which technologies are in or out of a proposed capacity mechanism, but they must help deliver emissions targets.

ACCC says it is looking into potential "misconduct" by generators during the recent price cap on electricity markets and forecast supply shortages.