Australia’s biggest online energy and climate change event, the Smart Energy Council Global Race to Zero Summit

18 October 2021

The Smart Energy Council will be holding Australia’s biggest online energy and climate change event, the Global Race to Zero…

Taylor faces re-election test in Hume, independent challenger to be revealed soon

18 October 2021

Angus Taylor to face re-election challenge in Hume, with a community endorsed independent candidate to be revealed next month.

Easiest first step to net zero is to build massive amounts of solar

18 October 2021

Solar offers the cheapest and quickest option to cut emissions in the net 10 years. We just need to build…

Norway oil giant tips millions into Australian dispatchable “solar hydro” tech

18 October 2021

Australian concentrated solar and hydro storage technology outfit RayGen Resources claims Norwegian giant as major new investor.

Joyce fills Morrison’s policy vacuum and says no to green energy transition

18 October 2021

Morrison has ceded control of Australia's climate policies to Joyce's Nationals, and didn't even ask them to support an increased…

Australia could easily meet a doubling of its 2030 emissions targets. Here’s how

18 October 2021

We don’t need new taxes, hydrogen, CCS or a “gas-led recovery”. But we do need the federal government to either…

FRV steps up Australia solar and battery plans, with new investment partner

18 October 2021

Canadian pension fund takes 49% stake in FRV Australia, including huge development pipeline of solar and battery storage projects.

Senate committee endorses offshore wind bill, in hope it can help push out coal

17 October 2021

Senate committee endorses offshore wind bill, a key stepping stone to several huge project proposals that could help kick coal…

Solar powers more than half of Australia’s grid for first time, coal at record low

17 October 2021

As Nationals MPs met to see if they could make coal great again, solar delivered more than half of grid…

NSW flags tighter rules on where wind and solar farms can be built

15 October 2021

Proposed planning amendments seek to limit solar and wind farm development within 10km of certain NSW regional city centres, or…

Morrison agrees to go to Glasgow, Nationals to decide Australia’s climate policies

15 October 2021

Morrison bows to pressure and will go to Glasgow, but the Nationals will decide this weekend what policies Morrison will…

Energy Insiders Podcast: Australia can hit 91 pct renewables in a decade, and keep the lights on

15 October 2021

Transgrid’s Jesse Steinfeld and Eva Hanly on why a rapid transition to renewables is possible. Plus, Andrew Forrest.