Qld solar venture backed by EnergyAustralia
Another major solar project has taken a leap forward with news that EnergyAustralia has signed a 13-year contract.
Another major solar project has taken a leap forward with news that EnergyAustralia has signed a 13-year contract.
Measured against every other electricity source, high efficiency coal power plants are cheap, reliable and will cut emissions
It's been a grand start to 2017 for AGL Energy investors, welcoming a record price for their stock on a near-daily basis.
The Australian Energy Market Operator doesn't expect any new coal plant to be built here.
The politics of energy in Japan means ultra-supercritical coal-fired plants will have little problem attracting finance.
Customers may yet have the last word on ERM Power's controversial choice to pay a fine rather than submit RET certificates.
The power industry lobby said Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull was barking up the wrong tree with his "clean coal" push
Turnbull needs to make his energy plan agnostic on politics as well as agnostic on technology.
Boutique electricity retailer Urth Energy has called in the administrators, the second to go under within less than 12 months.
Energy companies gave Malcolm Turnbull's call for Australia to embrace new clean coal power plants the cold shoulder, and experts said the Prime Minister was "tilting at windmills".
Large-scale solar will take a $150 million leap forward after the Clean Energy Finance Corporation approved financing for three projects.
Snowy Hydro has made its first commitment for decades to a new large-scale renewables project, involving a $200 million solar farm in South Australia.
Australia is in for a slew of energy megadeals in 2017 after a record year for energy market mergers and acquisitions in 2016.
A country rich in energy resources sees consumers paying not to produce power
Large-scale solar is likely to grab a bigger slice of the 2020 renewable energy target than anticipated just six months ago, with more than $2bn of projects seen reaching financial close this year.
This student is on a quest to make a 'super' battery from technology which Elon Musk labelled the next breakthrough.
This year's biggest float candidate Alinta Energy has unveiled ambitions for a significant scale-up in its east coast presence.
The snub to the 2020 Renewable Energy Target by one of the country's biggest business electricity retailers has revived calls for investment in new renewables projects to be halted.
ERM Power has opted to pay $123 million in penalties rather than fulfill all of its renewable energy target commitments.
Spotless Group is remaking itself for a future where buildings won't have power points or 240-volt electricity, and 5 million electric cars are on Australian roads.
GreenSync has locked in funding of $11.5 million from the government's Clean Energy Finance Corp, among others.
Higher electricity prices could be one way after Alcoa's Portland smelter was saved
ACCC chairman Rod Sims has accused unions of misrepresenting his comments on privatisation.
Foodland's CEO says soaring power costs are causing a re-think of store opening plans even though the impact of Aldi has been less than anticipated.
BHP Billiton and OZ Minerals have escaped the latest SA power blackout that has left thousands without electricity.
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