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Synergy's new "green fund" will cement its near monopoly powers, and put up to $1bn of wind and solar developments at risk, industry warns.

Confusion over RET regulation changes has revealed large cracks in the faith of the renewable energy industry, which – still recovering from the Abbott years – is spooked by the National Energy Guarantee, and possible future policy changes, just as the market is hitting its stride.

Elon Musk tweets that the Tesla Semi Truck unveiling will “blow your mind clear out of your skull and into an alternate dimension.” Let's see.

Carnegie boosts nominal capacity of CETO unit from 1GW to 1.5MW, in bid to make wave power cost competitive with mainstream renewables.

RCR is pleased to announce that it has been selected as the Preferred EPC Contractor for two major contracts, totalling approximately $260 million.

The rate of change of progress is rapid and to stay current with the latest in technology developments and deployment, each year, Australia's leading solar researchers get together in an annual conference, with international and regional colleagues.

US officials were arguing for the continued use of coal at a UN meeting in Bonn, Germany.

Cooling off this summer will be more expensive than ever, putting at risk the very young, the elderly and people with health conditions. Larissa Nicholls, Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Halley McCann, Researcher at the Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Karyn Bosomworth, Vice-Chancellor's Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Yolande Strengers, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Urban Research, RMIT University Licensed as Creative Commons – attribution, no derivatives.

This social media community has come together for the first time in North Carolina to discuss their shared belief.

Lincoln Gap wind farm may treble amount of battery storage, as it seeks new formula to escape dominance of big energy retailers.

Even the conservative IEA is calling the end of the coal era, and hailing new age of renewables as the world addresses climate, energy poverty and health.

Sungrow presents its residential energy storage system (ESS) - the PowCube4.8.

Trump's promotion of coal fired generation at Paris climate agreement compared to "promoting tobacco at a cancer summit."

There is strong potential for domestic offsets to be the marginal source of emissions reductions in the Australian market.

The market for smart energy management in Australia is taking off, as energy users act to take control of their energy costs.

Increased use of fossil fuels is driving global emissions up by 2% this year, upsetting what had been a three-year plateau. Meanwhile, in Australia...

The Precinct, which housed female convicts, orphaned children, and vulnerable girls and young women, is a leading example of a site which demonstrates Australia’s social welfare history. This place is now the 113th place included on the National...

Pottery found near Tbilisi shows wine-making was taking place 8,000 years ago, scientists say.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell to say ‘overwhelming challenge of climate change’ must be addressed from very centre of government

The risk posed by climate change would be factored into projections from the government’s independent economic forecaster if Labour took office, the shadow chancellor will announce on Tuesday.

John McDonnell will highlight the human and economic costs of manmade climate change, calling it the “greatest single public challenge” and say the government should include the fiscal risks posed by global warming in future forecasts.

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The US administration’s attempt to portray fossil fuels as vital to reducing poverty and saving US jobs is ridiculed in Bonn

The Trump team was heckled and interrupted by a protest song at the UN’s climate change summit in Bonn on Monday after using its only official appearance to say fossil fuels were vital to reducing poverty around the world and to saving jobs in the US.

While Donald Trump’s special adviser on energy and environment, David Banks, said cutting emissions was a US priority, “energy security, economic prosperity are higher priorities”, he said. “The president has a responsibility to protect jobs and industry across the country.”

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