RenewEconomy

The U.S. has gone eight years without hearing presidential candidates answer a question on climate change while on the same stage.

Australia's mainstream media fail to understand – and appear to have no interest in asking – that new technologies can make the grid cheaper and more stable, rather than turning to old and expensive alternatives.

More than one million solar hot water systems have been installed in Australia, adding to the more than 1.5 million rooftop PV systems.

The company formerly known for its efforts to generate energy from "hot rock geothermal" will diversify into solar, battery storage, and hybrid renewables.

Carnegie Wave locks in $3.69m debt funding for world first solar, battery and wave integrated microgrid project, as it eyes "huge global opportunity."

Former head of Hazelwood coal generator proposes 300MW PV plant, possibly storage, as part of major renewables push.

The cost of wind and solar power in South Africa has fallen to near half the price of new coal plants, and less than half the price of nuclear.

Conservation SA has installed two ZCell batteries to charge an electric car and to provide energy for emergency lighting and data centre backup for its office.

The market operator seems happy to let the blame for the South Australia blackout fall on wind energy, but questions about its own role are warranted, particularly because it seems to have totally ignored a report prepared a decade ago that envisaged a similar scenario.

Queensland's 50% renewable target is a great idea and achievable, but its current plans will need radical change.

NSW says it has accepted an unsolicited offer from Australian Super and IFM investors to buy 50.4% of utility Ausgrid for just over $16bn.

Tesla announces new self-driving software and hardware suite that it says will deliver a safety level "substantially greater than that of a human driver."

Desutsche Bank says falling solar PV module prices in US – down potentially 40% in just two quarters – could spark 2017 "gold rush."

Berkeley Lab study shows greater potential than many other recent assessments.

Stopping the thermal coal juggernaut in time is one of the keys to keeping the world to its Paris targets.

Big growth in EV adoption will create complexity for grid operators and other electricity market stakeholders.

New Zealand utility Vector using Tesla Powerpack for major push into Australia battery storage market, targeting off-grid and business customer markets.

Under the new agreement, developed nations will reduce HFCs 85% below current levels by 2036. How will it work?

AEMO report into blackout suggests fall in wind output, caused by an easily fixed "self protect" mechanism, was main cause of blackout. But wind industry says catastrophic fall in voltage as transmission lines fell was biggest culprit. And everyone wonders why AEMO had no plan B.

September 2016 ends a streak of 16 consecutive record-setting hot months in NOAA’s dataset. The run of planetary heat has rewritten the record books.