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But it warns of shortfalls if high demand periods – like heatwaves – happen during unplanned outages

Aemo says it does not want to ‘directly control people’s rooftop solar’ but it may be necessary to reduce or cut off power gleaned from the sun

Leading the charge towards clean energy would bring some much-needed positive momentum to international climate policy

Dave Lewis says the near-constant stream of clean electricity could supply the grid as early as 2030

A heatwave has hit eastern Australia. As Sydneysiders struggled through the heat, the premier, Chris Minns, asked residents to cut back on their power use to prevent parts of the city from plunging into a blackout. And while...

Ed Miliband argues the UK should race towards becoming a ‘clean energy superpower’, but costs to the consumer shouldn’t be ignored

Image: Keppel Prince By Jo Nova More proof that wind power can’t be used to make wind turbines The one and only Australian manufacturer of wind turbine towers is going out of business, despite Australian electricity...

Plentiful but untapped source of renewable energy could have helped fill shortfall during record cloud cover

At Cop28 last year they also pledged to double energy efficiency in an effort to cut the world’s reliance on fossil fuels

Jacinta Allan says project will be able to power more than 51,000 homes and include 119MW solar facility and 100MW two-hour battery

When the heat is on, the onus should be on the Coalition to explain why they don’t support measures to ensure their newly discovered battlers have access to rooftop solar

Keir Starmer parrots a rightwing narrative against cutting emissions on a household level, writes Charlie Chamberlain. And Alastair Nisbet wants to bring back the feed-in tariff

Exclusive: UK energy secretary says at Cop29 that people see the economic advantages of making the transition

New analysis on the cost of decarbonising Australia’s power grid runs closely to the national market operator’s own – but you wouldn’t know it from the headlines

Months after devastating rains displaced 420,000 people in Rio Grande do Sul, an unusual consensus has formed around the need for a faster transition to renewables

This solar panel calculator will, given the Watt rating of a solar panel, its dimensions and number of units calculate the total power you can expect and roof space taken up...

Interactive calculator to help work out the savings from installing a solar power system and when it breaks even. Can factor in Feed in Tariffs, rising electrical bill costs and comparative investment returns.