China gears up to ban new fossil fuel powered cars

12 September 2017

Electric cars set to get biggest boost ever, as China flags plans to stop making and selling traditional fuel cars…

Networks ‘push back’ on more small-scale solar. But why?

12 September 2017

Culture wars: It may explain the continued efforts of some network operators to push back against the installation of more…

An end to blackouts? Demand management success depends on collaboration

12 September 2017

As national debate over energy supply reaches fever pitch, more attention is now being paid to the role of demand…

Know your NEM: Corporate PPAs only movement in flat market

12 September 2017

In a week where energy politics took centre state over market news, the most interesting development was the signing by…

AGL calls Coalition bluff on Liddell, focuses on solar, wind and storage

11 September 2017

AGL debunks Coalition myths on Liddell, saying it is unreliable and costly, and money is best invested in wind, solar,…

Nationals demand “coal target” as energy politics spirals into loony fog

11 September 2017

Barnaby Joyce seems to think that switching off a coal plant in 2022 will cause the lights to go out…

NSW government weighs proposal for 146MW solar farm near Bathurst

11 September 2017

Photon Energy Australia plans to develop 146MW solar farm on outskirts of Bathurst have gone before NSW Department of Planning…

Five companies in running to build huge solar farm in Qld coal centre

11 September 2017

Five companies short-listed to tender for job developing up to 450MW renewable energy hub in Qld coal centre of Gladstone.

Time for pragmatism, not panic, for the electricity market

11 September 2017

Governments, understandably, want to make sure the lights stay on. But now is the time for perspective, not panic.

Big utilities about to pay price of saying no to coal and COALition

11 September 2017

Coalition has known about bidding practices for years, but it has taken AGL's refusal to play ball on Liddell to…

The Turnbull-Frydenberg investment bank: Bullying, cronyism and Captain’s picks

11 September 2017

Despite Finkel, despite our COP 21 obligations, Turnbull does nothing. No electricity policy, no vehicle emission standards, no policy in…

S.A. puts energy security target on back-burner after AEMO steps in

11 September 2017

South Australia abandons plans for energy security target this summer after AEMO intervention on gas plants, and due to lack…