Hazelwood slammed over plans to convert plant to native wood waste

24 July 2015

Owners of Australia's dirtiest power plant reportedly looking to convert it to co-firing facility to burn native wood waste as…

Corbell gets energy ministers to factor in carbon emissions, push storage

24 July 2015

ACT energy minister convinces state, federal counterparts to factor in emissions, push battery storage and coal plant retirement.

France passes law to cut nuclear power and double renewable energy

24 July 2015

France to cut share of nuclear power from 75% to 50% by 2025, and double share of renewables. The devil…

Alan Jones admits he got it wrong on coal and wind energy costs

24 July 2015

Broadcaster Alan Jones said on Q&A that the cost of wind power far outstrips the cost of coal power. He…

Will Bill Shorten understand the energy consumer must be king?

23 July 2015

If Shorten's ALP is to meet their 50% renewables target, they will have to rely heavily on investment in solar…

How EV chargers and energy storage can make good grid partners

23 July 2015

ChargePoint and Green Charge link batteries and public EV chargers to limit demand charges and make loads more flexible.

Landmark Sydney Building taps green loan to slash energy costs

23 July 2015

Owners of 1967 Sydney office building tap $1.2m local government-backed loan for efficiency upgrade that will cut energy use by…

LG Chem pushes Australian battery storage prices further down the curve

23 July 2015

New 6.4kWh system from LG Chem brings costs at top end of the range down towards $1,000kWh, reinforcing the growing…

Mind the GaP! New “solar fuel cell” is more efficient by a factor of 10

23 July 2015

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have developed a more efficient way to produce the fuel needed to keep fuel…

New grants fund research for underseas carbon storage

23 July 2015

US Department of Energy announces $12 million in new research grants this month to learn the potential of the Atlantic…

50 per cent renewables market share by 2030 – what does it mean?

23 July 2015

Achieving Labor's 50 per cent renewables market share by 2030 is clearly possible given Australia’s resource base and installation capability.…

How much would Labor’s 50% renewables policy cost Australian households?

23 July 2015

The ALP's 50% renewables promise has drawn the expected response from government about rising electricity prices. But what would the…