RenewEconomy

Welcome to the brave new world of plentiful, variable, zero marginal cost renewable energy, By all indications – we ain’t seen nothing yet

Since UK announced plans to ban petrol and diesel sales from 2040, the shift to electric cars has attracted a lot of negative media coverage.

NERA is working with Australian CleanTech to find the country’s best demonstration projects on clean technology solutions that integrate with and improve efficiency and competitiveness for the energy resources sector.

Frydenberg asks ARENA, CEFC and Infrastructure and Project Financing Agency for advice on government's promised $110m equity investment Port Augusta solar tower plant.

Mark Z. Jacobson and 26 of his colleagues have compiled a report that shows exactly how 139 nations could transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 without throwing millions of people out of work.

As climate impacts mounts, there is a growing push for a 1.5°C target. This would mean reaching 100% renewable energy within 20 years. Australia could lead, and reap enormous economic benefits.

Neoen says it may treble size of its Nurmukah solar project off back of Victoria government tender win.

Infigen Energy reports a jump in profit for FY2107, as the company continues its transformation into an "active energy markets participant."

Yesterday was an historic day for Victoria’s energy future. And there’s more good news on the way. Not that you would know it from listening to federal energy minister.

As industry rejects Standards Australia home battery ban proposal, AEMC calls for new body to govern standards for distributed energy market.

Windlab has become entitled to receive a milestone success payment of just over $10 million in respect of the Coopers Gap Wind Farm.

The Department of Energy’s study on grid reliability and resilience offers an incomplete picture of our grid’s transformation.

In the real world, clean coal remains a fantasy, but in Trump world you can mine it, and then the workers "clean" it.

As Australian households flock to solar, interest in battery storage is starting to ramp up, as a way to minimise grid electricity consumption and to provide a reliable source of back-up power.

WA’s biggest piggery operator to add wind and storage to existing solar arrays in push to 100 per cent renewable energy supply.

Coordinated by environmental finance group Market Forces, shareholders in Origin Energy have filed a series of resolutions with the oil and gas major.

Murdoch media's "Monkey's uncle" thinks solar towers and storage are intermittent. But its performance during eclipse shows otherwise.

CEFC extends $90m corporate loan to Cleanaway, its first major transaction with a leading Australian waste management company.

Forecasts for solar PV installations in China for 2017 rise to 40-45 GW.

Nissan says its next-gen model LEAF – still the world's most sold all-electric vehicle – will be unveiled September 9.