House ratings face being overtaken by a warming climate
Australia's minimum energy standards for new homes are based on climate data that is up to decades old, overestimating their true performance as conditions in many parts of the nation warm.
Australia's minimum energy standards for new homes are based on climate data that is up to decades old, overestimating their true performance as conditions in many parts of the nation warm.
Australians exceeded 1 gigawatts of rooftop solar panels for the first time last year with the market set to expand further in 2018 amid ongoing worries about electricity prices, according to Green Energy Markets.
When it comes to hype, there is probably nobody as outlandish as US-based billionaire Elon Musk and his Tesla corporation.
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.
Power bills have been rising, and represent one of the largest threats to household budgets.
Droughts come regularly to outback Broken Hill, killing sheep, burning profits and carving farmland into craters. But the wind is constant, said local farmer Greg Lawrence, sitting on a rocky and gusty hill that only a feral goat could love.
Residents and businesses come together to build a community-funded 1.2-megawatt solar farm.
Federal Labor has pointedly left open supporting Malcolm Turnbull's "game-changing" energy reliability package despite launching a spirited parliamentary attack on Wednesday.
Households will be slightly better off under the reinvented energy and emissions policy.
What a transformation. From leather jacket Malcolm warning of fig leaf Coalition policies that will do nothing for carbon reduction, to what.... Old King Coal, Captain Reliable, Chief Power Ranger?
Solar power grew faster than any other source of fuel for the first time in 2016, the International Energy Agency said in a report suggesting the technology will dominate renewables in the years ahead.
The Greens called for a legislated national target of 20 gigawatts of energy storage technology such as large battery installations.
Australia produced enough renewable energy to power more than 70 per cent of households last financial year, new data shows, but advocates warn the booming industry will flounder unless the Turnbull government commits to a clean energy target.
​A new technique using artificial intelligence to predict where deforestation is most likely to occur could help the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) preserve its shrinking rainforest and cut carbon emissions, researchers have said.
Last week's huge, and still smouldering garbage fire in Melbourne is symptomatic of a growing global problem.
Subsidies for new coal mines in Queensland's Galilee Basin will have "devastating consequences" for NSW coal industry.
The Turnbull government has warned the states their threat to "go it alone" on a clean energy target will only create chaos and inefficiency.
Attempts to blame renewable energy for high electricity prices are misguided says expert report.
Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is now embracing the waves in hunt for new energy sources.
Australia's clean energy sector is heading for a record year for new solar and wind farms, generating thousands of jobs in regional areas and bringing the 2020 Renewable Energy Target within range.
The Berejiklian government will issue warnings of potential threats to electricity supplies from this summer after its review of February's heatwave found the power sector to be vulnerable.
The scale of Australia's untapped solar energy resources has been laid bare with a study of the City of Sydney finding as little as 1 per cent of the available rooftops equipped with photovoltaics.
With storage prices dropping about 20 per cent a year, the attraction for cutting reliance on grid power is brightening fast.
A Sydney housing estate is streets ahead when it comes to energy efficiency.
Extreme heat is a test. It tests people and the systems they rely on, not least the electricity system. So in a post-Hazelwood world, how will the national electricity grid cope during hot days as we seek comfort by cranking up our cooling systems?
It is easy now, as thousands stream blithely each winter to the ski fields of the Snowy Mountains, to overlook the monumental events of last century on those heights that still affect our daily lives and our industries, and how, in the exploitation of the high country, Australia was transformed, economically and culturally.
Australia's politicians need to ask people what energy future they want, not decide for them.
The Victorian government is demanding the operator of Australia's main electricity grid explain how the state came close to losing electricity during the recent extreme heatwave to ensure NSW avoided power outages, adding to calls for a wider inquiry.
A new wave of solar energy is about to crest and it won't just be households benefiting.
The booming market for home storage could be thrown into disarray if proposed safety guidelines force owners to move their battery units outside.