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AEMO says reserve mechanism that ensured lights stayed on last summer cost just $6 per customer, and praises role of newly deployed technologies such as batteries and demand response.

Work begins on Risen Energy's 121MW Yarranlea Solar Farm, west of Toowoomba, which is going ahead without a PPA.

Sweden's Vattenfall connects 500 BMW i3 batteries to 228MW wind farm in South Wales, in "UK’s largest" co-located onshore wind and battery project.

US report demonstrates how renewable and distributed energy resources can provide the same grid services as gas generators – and avoid $1 trillion of new plant costs.

Debate over whether we can run electric grids on 100% renewables in coming decades misses a key point: many countries and regions are already there.

Gupta says GFG Alliance could build 10GW of large scale in Australia, as well as make EVs, and use car batteries for household storage.

AEMO reports detail how Tesla big battery helped keep the lights on last summer, smashed prices in specialised markets, and made money for itself from price arbitrage.

South Australia transmission company ElectraNet says it has found a cheaper solution that using the state’s gas plants to provide system strength to the local grid.

The biggest and most modern gas generation units in South Australia have been out of action for the past month.

Construction underway on 144MW Cattle Hill Wind Farm, which will boost Tasmania's wind capacity by 50%.

IEEFA report shows solar taking an increasingly prominent role in driving the ongoing transformation of global electricity generation.

New study pin-points yet another barrier to the global shift to EVs – and it's coming up at the point of sale. The research adds a new party to the list of incumbent industry groups whose business case is being threatened by EVs: car dealers.

We might not be driving them, but soaring global electric vehicle demand puts Australia in the front seat for a new mining boom, says BNEF.

Unions welcome transition of Liddell site from coal to clean energy, as Coalition government lurches from worst of Trump's America and Maduro's Venezuela.

An all electric rally car - the first to finish in the famous Dakar race - will compete in this year’s Finke Desert Race in its first Australian visit.

Data from California Public Utilities Commission clearly shows that energy efficiency and decarbonisation don’t have to mean higher consumer costs. You pay more, use less, and end up better off.

GoodWe has been awarded the 2018 Top Brand PV seal for the second consecutive year, as announced by German independent market research specialist EuPD Research.

Global energy system specialist Victron Energy this week unveils its latest battery inverter-charger, the MultiPlus-II, at the Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition in Adelaide.

London Mayor presented his Environment Strategy last week, setting out his vision to make it the greenest city in the world.

RES Australia proposes 176MW solar farm plus lithium-ion battery bank for Pallamana, 60km south-east of Adelaide.