Chinese solar giant enters Australia rooftop PV market

16 March 2016

The GCL Group plans to buy a 51% stake in Australian solar power system supplier One Stop Warehouse.

SA offers $250,000 prize to fast-track Adelaide zero carbon plans

16 March 2016

SA govt Entrepreneurs Prize offers $250k in seed funding for best energy, transport, waste, infrastructure ideas to make Adelaide world's…

Tasmania’s great leap backward: Gas, diesel and now video tapes

16 March 2016

First it was a return to gas and diesel generation, now Tasmanians are re-embracing video tapes. Don't sell the horse…

Solar makes EV battery support for the grid complicated financially

15 March 2016

Some findings on a project in Germany which EVs provide ancillary services to stabilize the grid while these cars are…

Why consumers are paying twice what they should for grid connection

15 March 2016

Consumers paying more than two times what they should for grid connection, according to new report. But networks tell investors…

Hunt caught out on “peak emissions”, but he may have a cheap solution

15 March 2016

Greg Hunt claims Australia has reached "peak emissions". That is not what the data is telling us, but as the…

Australia renewables jobs still in decline, as policy uncertainty lingers

15 March 2016

Solar lobby group says Australian renewables sector still feeling impact of Abbott era attacks, as new statistics show a 27%…

China state firm buys Taralga wind farm, as Banco Santander exits

15 March 2016

China state-owned utility adds 107MW wind farm to its Pacific Hydro purchase, as former world's biggest investor in renewable energy…

Who will be our Winston Churchill on climate? Malcolm, Bill, Richard?

15 March 2016

Malcolm Turnbull once voiced his support for 100% renewable energy. Given the latest surge in average temperatures, he should do…

Solar module prices reached 57c/watt in 2015, to continue fall

15 March 2016

Tier-1 Chinese-produced solar PV modules fell 10 per cent year-over-year and reached US 57 cents per watt in the fourth…

February blows away global heat record

15 March 2016

February was the most anomalously warm month Earth has seen in 135 years of NASA record keeping.

Photo of the Day: Fossil fuels on thin ice

15 March 2016

How do you adequately convey the state of global climate emergency in one striking image? Canada has got it covered.