Renewable Energy

Australia's emissions had the biggest drop ever this year outside the artificial kink in the curve during COVID-19 shutdowns, but there's still a lot of work to do.

At the eleventh hour, Labor has done a deal with The Greens to overhaul Australia's 40 year old environmental laws. Former Treasury Secretary, now chair of the Australian Climate and Biodiversity Foundation, Ken Henry welcomes the deal and joins The Business to discuss.

A second renewable energy provider says it is taking "immediate action" after the discovery of asbestos in imported brake pads used on access lifts at its wind farms around the country.

One of Australia's largest battery energy storage systems would be built on farmland in South Australia's south-east in a proposal that the developer says will lower electricity costs.

Farmers near Tarago in southern New South Wales fear a proposed waste-to-energy incinerator could threaten their health and livelihoods.

ElectraNet are shifting their focus east, after farmers voiced concerns about renewable energy line Northern Transmission Project running through prime cropping country. 

Unshackled from legacy fossil fuel interests, the world’s clean energy future is being forged in the bustling cities of the global south. 

Countries across the globe are racing to rewire their electricity systems for a decarbonised future. In Australia, delays are mounting, along with doubts about whether it can meet goals on schedule.

Passenger flights from Singapore are set to become more costly after the announcement of a world-first sustainable fuel tax to be included in travellers' ticket prices.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visits the future West Australian gallium processing plant site, central to the United States critical minerals deal, heralding it as a "game changing" project.

Renewable energy company SunCable signs a 70-year agreement with traditional owners and the Northern Land Council to build Australia's largest solar farm in the NT outback.

When there is an oversupply of solar and wind power, energy producers are paying more to deliver electricity to households than they get paid. Here's what we know about how it affects you. 

A decade and a half after an energy company CEO outlined his greatest fears for Australia's economic future — no carbon price — the nation again appears set for a renewed battle over climate policy and power generation. 

The strange macho appeal of fossilised vegetation means that 30 years of annual United Nations meetings to stop the planet heating any more have been a bust. 

At a wind farm in central Queensland, the billionaire backer and the local boilermaker offer a glimpse into how the energy transition is reshaping regional communities.

Energy experts have cast doubt over the Liberal Party's central claim that it can bring down power prices by backing coal and gas, while questioning how the party plans to actually reduce emissions.

Barcaldine Shire Council says it is working with affected businesses to keep them in town after ZEN Energy pulled out of plans for a renewable energy industrial precinct.

On Monday night, the NSW Nationals held a partyroom meeting to discuss their position on net zero following a report into Australia's energy future.

There has been a flurry of installations in home batteries and rooftop solar in Mount Gambier following the launch of a community bulk-buy renewables program.

The Queensland government says schemes to help grow its electric charger network have been "fully contracted" with "no additional funding committed", leaving it to towns, roadhouses and accommodation providers to fill the gap.