A feasibility study has found Malcolm Turnbull's pet project is viable, however the scheme won't be switched on for at least six years.

Government proposals for international carbon credit trading have buoyed manufacturing, but may have little impact on cutting energy sector emissions.

Woodside Petroleum has partnered with ABB to develop a world-first microgrid battery installation to power its offshore oil rigs.

EnergyAustralia plans to turn garbage into electricity.

Origin has announced a goal of slashing its emissions in half by 2032, thanks to the closure of the Eraring coal-fired power station.

AWE has received its third takeover bid in two months, as Australian mining company Mineral Resources makes an offer for the gas company.

This year is closing with a flurry of activity on the climate front - including the release of the Turnbull government's review of climate policies.

China Energy Reserve and Chemical Group has made a second, higher takeover bid for AWE, following the withdrawal of its initial offer earlier this week.

Australia's first offshore wind farm, an $8 billion 2000 megawatt project, has secured financial backing from a major green energy investment fund.

Sunraysia will take the mantle of the largest operating solar project in the southern hemisphere once operational.

A prominent anti-wind farm group has been stripped of its status as a tax-deductible charity status in a landmark legal decision that could affect treatment of other groups claiming to promote health.

Meet Australia's most complained about electricity companies.

Toyota will build the first megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel and renewable generation plant, setting a new energy benchmark.

The world's largest lithium-ion battery has officially launched in South Australia to manage increased energy demand during summer peak loading times.

Arrow Energy has signed a 27-year deal to annually supply more than four times the forecast east coast domestic gas shortfall to Shell's Queensland Curtis Liquefied Natural Gas (QCLNG) project.

The Berejiklian government has renewed the exploration licence to develop a coal reserve in the Hunter Valley for a site that had been knocked back four times by the independent Planning Assessment Commission.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries has agreed to extend its cap on oil production to the end of 2018.

Power bills have been rising, and represent one of the largest threats to household budgets.

The billionaire defied his doubters to beat his self-imposed 100-day deadline on Friday and install the world's biggest battery in South Australia. He'll probably relinquish that crown by February.

China Energy Reserve and Chemical Group Australia has made a $430 million takeover offer for gas company AWE.

Australia's financial regulator says the transition to a low-carbon economy 'is in motion' and local companies can opt to 'float with the transitional current' or fight 'against the rising tide'.

Tesla is carrying out its final tests before the world's largest battery installation goes live on Friday, hitting Tesla chief Elon Musk's 100-day construction target.

Shell has announced improved cash flow guidance as it plans to cut carbon and lift renewables investment.

Power prices will fall and renewable energy will get a boost under new electricity trading plans.

The chance of major summer blackouts has been cut as energy operators have found extra power for the east coast.

Origin Energy will cut more than half a billion dollars in annual costs over the next 18 months at its Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) joint venture.

The amount of new coal mining output being assessed by the Berejiklian government eclipses the Adani megamine proposed for Queensland and dwarfs its carbon emissions, according to analysis by Lock the Gate.

Renewable energy will be cheaper to generate than coal as soon as 2020, EY energy leaders say.

The world's biggest miner and Wall Street's top-ranked merger firm are among the high-profile backers of a remote solar project nestled among banana crops in Australia's far tropical northeast.