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Dr Laura Ryan's ambitious plan is one step closer, with her local council announcing it is reviewing rules that prevent owners from putting solar panels on street-facing roofs.

Dr Laura Ryan's ambitious plan is one step closer, with her local council announcing it is reviewing rules that prevent owners from putting solar panels on street-facing roofs.

Balancing energy ultimately makes the difference for those looking to live outside the system according to one woman who has done it, but is going off-grid really the best thing for the planet?

A local council in regional Victoria has approved a solar farm on farming land, despite objections. It has sparked residents' fears a linked bio-thermal and bacteria digester facility could also get the green light. 

Like many first home buyers, Georgia's priority was price and location — it's only incidental her new home is souped-up with technology that's yet to hit the market and innovations that will save her thousands.

A Wiradjuri man from southern New South Wales describes a $1,500 fine for the destruction of hundreds of Aboriginal artefacts at a solar farm as disgraceful.

A solar farm proposed for Walla Walla has been approved by the NSW Independent Planning Commission, even as some in the community raise environmental impact concerns.

A Victorian town that has been pushing for a solar farm since 2006 is inching closer towards its goal, which proponents hope will reduce energy costs for residents.

A regional council says a French company that wants to build what would be Australia's biggest solar farm has failed to address its concerns about the project.

Research suggests shared, mid-sized batteries could be a cheaper, more effective way for homes to store solar energy and better protect the grid — and the ACT Government is considering giving residents of a new suburb shared...

An ambitious plan to power every property on SA's Eyre Peninsula with solar has been labelled an Australian first — but is it too good to be true?

Architects say it's time to rethink the suburban dream, with data revealing that around a fifth of new homes built in WA don't meet six-star energy standards, costing their owners dearly in running costs.

Huge renewable energy resources have been identified across Australia, but planning is lagging to develop a grid network suitable for the transformation that gives certainty to stakeholders.

The Victorian Government approves a new solar farm for northern Victoria that could power more than 20,000 homes, while three other projects in the same area are undergoing further assessment.

Farmers are concerned that upgraded agricultural land in the Murray-Darling is set to become solar farms under a Victorian planning policy vacuum.