The real world versus the Coalition’s scare campaign

17 May 2019

Coalition ministers have been keen to promote the results from BAEconomics’ theoretical modelling exercise, but ignoring what is happening in…

After week of no coal, UK breaks another peak solar generation record

17 May 2019

Aaccording to the UK's solar power trade group, the peak solar generation record was broken twice over the first two…

800 gigawatts of solar expected to be added across globe by 2023

17 May 2019

European solar trade body expects global solar industry will add nearly 800 gigawatts of new solar over the next five…

Lessons from a solar school campaigner: Why your climate vote counts

17 May 2019

Last year, I organised, lobbied and arranged funds for a 100kW solar array for my school in Sydney’s south. This…

CellCube to build huge grid scale vanadium battery in South Australia

16 May 2019

Pangea Energy and vanadium battery producer CellCube to build a 50MW/200MWh storage system alongside a solar farm in South Australia.

Fossil fuel investment increased in 2018, as renewables stalled: IEA

16 May 2019

Global energy investment reached $US1.8trn in 2018, but renewable generation saw declines in dollar terms and only a small increase…

Victorian summer review: It’s time to prioritise peak demand reduction

16 May 2019

This summer's load shedding tell us that NEM institutions and policy makers are not yet focused on what can be…

Global petrol car sales may already have passed their peak as consumers eye EVs

16 May 2019

BNEF says electric cars will dominate global new car sales by 2040, but petrol car sales may already have peaked.…

ACT declares climate change emergency – slams federal government failure to act

16 May 2019

ACT becomes first state or territory to make formal declaration of climate emergency and calls on federal support for jurisdictions…

Shorten declares climate “emergency” as top priority for Labor

16 May 2019

Federal Labor leader Bill Shorten has referred to climate change as an "emergency," in his final formal pitch to voters…

Oil drilling in Australian Bight a disaster for climate, biodiversity

16 May 2019

Drilling and associated development of oil in the Australian Bight will be decided by an approval system totally inadequate in…

It’s not easy to build a solar farm in Australia any more

16 May 2019

Bizarre new rules, strict new performance standards, a feeding frenzy and archaic rules are causing delays, cost blowouts and cancellations,…