Solar Energy

Indigenous land groups in the Northern Territory have signed a historic agreement with SunCable to pave the way for Australia's largest solar farm. It will connect up with a proposed undersea cable to Singapore, but not everyone is convinced the large-scale project is viable.

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. 

Amid swirling debate among conservative politicians over decarbonisation, energy bosses have warned against turning away from net zero despite cost pressures.

Prue and Jamie Rogers were in the path of a savage pair of storms that wreaked havoc in south-east Queensland this month. They are wholly reliant on their solar system, but massive hailstones have left it in ruins.

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.

Mountains of clean power are regularly "wasted" as Australia's energy system evolves. But a large amount of battery storage is waiting in the wings, ready to soak it up.

Because the federal government's proposed Solar Sharer scheme has been launched to apply to the Australian Energy Regulator, which doesn't cover the ACT, it won't be offered in the nation's capital.

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.

An ambitious outback solar project backed by billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes could soon grow even bigger.

The government plans to give households access to at least three free hours of power from next July, but SolarQuotes Finn Peacock says there could be hidden costs.

The federal government says its new Solar Sharer scheme will also benefit Australians who aren't able to access it, but some experts are hesitant to agree.

If solar panels at your property sustain hail damage, is there anything you can do to avoid further problems? 

Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.

Australia's road freight is set to become the nation's largest source of emissions by 2030, but a NSW trial aims to show electric heavy trucks can cut carbon.

Going off the electricity grid has been transformative for Mudgee's Lowe Wines, which had been struggling with high power bills and supply shortages for years.

Australia's renewable energy push has resulted in a surge in household solar power. But what does that mean for private solar farms?

The two great technology revolutions of the modern era — artificial intelligence and renewable energy — are colliding.

Touted as a model for the energy transition, a "quick and easy" high-voltage powerline project linking South Australia directly to New South Wales is running dramatically over time and over budget.

Property owners in the path of a proposed new route for the New England renewable energy zone corridor fear their land values will plummet.