RenewEconomy

Weird. Strange. Extreme. Unprecedented. These are some of the words that describe what’s been happening in the Arctic over the past year.

The suburb of Tonsley has officially been created, including the 61 hectare former Mitsubishi Motors site which is now home to Australia’s leading innovation district.

Big Oil appears to have come up with a new fashion item to hide their fossil fuel addiction: "green gas plants". Most people call them solar plants.

AEMO says basic changes to ride-through settings on wind farms will be enough to prevent a repeat of the "system black" experienced in South Australia last September. But will the Coalition tone down its scare campaign about renewables?

When the Prime Minister announces things, they have to be taken seriously. So Turnbull has certainly succeeded in producing Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt (FUD). Congratulations.

Nuclear utilities are in crisis, and no major commodity had a worse 2016 than uranium.

Clean Energy Regulator warns electricity retailers intentional failure to meet 2016 RET obligations will result in investigation, audit, embarrassment.

EnergyAustralia signs country's largest PPA for a solar farm, as CEFC makes first equity investment in a solar project to speed up development.

Greens say WA's SWIS grid could shift to 100% renewables by 2030 for cheaper than business as usual.

Elon Musk is now at sweet spot of 3 big trillion-dollar energy ‘tsunamis’ that team Trump hopes to stop.

China will reportedly launch trading of certificates for solar and wind power from July 1st 2017, in a bid to reduce government subsidies going to the renewables sector.

The Tesla Model S and Nissan LEAF clocked in as the best-selling electric cars in the world in 2016.

JA Solar provided export buyer's credit insurance to export around 300 MW JA Solar modules for a PV project developed by ENEL in Brazil.

Tritium has officially opened the doors of its first overseas premises, based in Torrance, California.

Even the cleanest coal plants add millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere each year.

With the right mix, the grid can go fully renewable for the same cost and reliability as fossil fuels.

With Trump at the reins, China is poised to eat America’s lunch in the renewable energy sector.

Boutique retailer Urth Energy becomes latest "solar focused" market newcomer to fail within 12 months after administrators called in.

BNEF report latest to debunk Coalition clean coal plans, finding it to be super expensive, and not very clean (unless you add CCS, and then its ultra-super expensive). As for Turnbull's argument that our grid needs more baseload...

Better managing how we use electricity in our homes will reduce pressure on the grid, and reduce the need for more power stations.