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Solar rich Kimberley has reaped the rewards of rooftop solar PV. Now it's time to consider the benefits of community-scale installations.

A right-wing think tank funded by top US corporates is developing an elementary school curriculum that presents climate science as a 'major controversy.'

Why the coal industry, and many investors, have their heads in the ground. And no, it’s not just because that’s where you find coal.

JinkoSolar sets up in Australia, attracted by grid parity and 'zero carbon' plan; prices up, production down for Infigen; Canberra launches $1bn cleantech fund.

Congress may be divided on climate & energy law, but recent low-carbon advances in America could have major implications for the global economy.

The debate around the structure and the purpose of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation will be one of the most critical policy debates of 2012. We summarise some of the more important submissions. Meanwhile, concern about the ability to meet the RET may become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Origin Energy slams grants-based schemes, saying they are a boon to lawyers and consultants, but not for emerging technologies.

When last week's freak cold snap left France's nuclear plants unable to meet demand, guess who came to the rescue?

New claims lithium-ion power storage could challenge nat gas in peaking power by 2016; Tesla faces wider losses.

Critics of the concept of a world run on renewables argue the technology is not up to the task. But what is the alternative?

Tindo Solar is about to open Australia's only solar module manufacturing plant, and take on the Chinese. Are they crazy?

Forests are essential to all of the major challenges on the table for this year's Rio+20 meeting. So why are they missing from the agenda?