China continues to blaze a trail in the field of renewable energy by opening the world’s first solar highway which is expected to generate 1,000 MWh …
Electricity prices expected to drop in 2018 thanks to Western New South Wales renewables boom
A total of 33 wind and solar energy projects generating a total of 4,750 Megawatts of power will be constructed in New South Wales’ renewables …
Blockchain energy trading platform Power Ledger grows on cryptocurrency boom
Blockchain technology-based energy trading platform Power Ledger has seen its value increase 100% as a result of its October Initial Coin Offering being backed by …
AGL will close coal-fired Liddell plant in 2022 and replace it with gas, solar, batteries and possibly hydro
AGL Energy has rejected a plea by the Federal Government to keep its Liddell coal-fired power station in New South Wales open beyond 2022. It will …
250 Megawatt solar and battery Sunraysia plant to be built in New South Wales early next year
The 250-Megawatt Sunraysia solar and battery power plant, which will be built in New South Wales early next year by Maoneng Australia and Decmil, will …
Ausgrid looking to install rooftop solar in Sydney’s industrial suburbs in $2M project
In a twist of irony, one of Australia’s largest energy network operators – Ausgrid – is looking to install rooftop solar in Sydney’s industrial suburbs …
Energy experts split over effect that NEG will have on renewable energy generation when subsidies are scrapped
Bloomberg New Energy Finance has given the seal of approval to the Turnbull government’s National Energy Guarantee, saying the NEG could even become a policy …
Aboriginal communities in Northern Territory go solar
Solar power and battery storage is being taken to Aboriginal communities in remote parts of the Northern Territory in the first phase of a $55 …
US scientists to monitor effect of solar eclipse on commercial photovoltaic panel energy generation
The United States will be transfixed by the great American solar eclipse on Monday 21 August, but scientists will be looking at something else – …
Watch: How Nevada beat the energy lobby to bring affordable solar back
The US state of Nevada was a flourishing area for the development of affordable solar installations, but then the large scale energy providers stepped in …