Policy

What's needed now is language that more explicitly signals the policy and behavioural changes required to both address the climate crisis and provide clean energy for all.

As rooftop solar booms in Australia, a closer look at the distribution of "prosumers" across the network reveals emerging inequalities that must be addressed.

Western Sydney Energy Program combines forces of 10 NSW councils to procure renewables and slash transport emissions.

NT names all 25 schools selected to have their electricity bills slashed by as much as 40 per cent through a government-funded solar roll-out that kicked off in December 2018.

Adelaide strikes energy offtake deal with Flow Power to source 100% renewables – from 1 July 2020, "if it’s run by the City of Adelaide, it’s being powered by renewable electricity."

New study shows nearly 40% of Australia's largest local governments have committed to a net zero target by or before 2050 for their community emissions.

Home builder Stoddart to add solar and batteries to new homes, and partner with Powershop and Reposit in creation of new virtual power plant in South Australia.

Australia's current bushfire crisis has underscored the urgent need to decentralise our electricity grid. Building up networks of household solar batteries is the quickest, easiest and cheapest way to get this done.

Remote coastal community of Denham may become host to one of Australia’s first hydrogen storage projects, as Horizon Power overhauls its electricity system.

At 100% renewable electricity, the German town of Wolfhagen demonstrates what can be achieved when municipalities use innovative approaches to ownership and governance of key infrastructure.

German battery giant wins Australian gong for transforming former Adelaide car factory into a battery manufacturing and export hub for Asia Pacific region.

The NSW home to Australia's biggest steelworks, Wollongong, has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, with a view to reducing that timeline to 2030.

850kW of solar across three NSW government research facilities will cut their grid energy use by 19%, and their annual electricity costs by 22%, or $210,000 a year.

Solar Victoria has released an expansive data set explaining the detail of which companies got what in the Labor state government's sometimes controversial rooftop solar rebate scheme. Here's what it tells us.

Moreland City Council proposes raft of community-based goals, including doubling rooftop solar uptake and switching to electric vehicles, as it aims for zero carbon in 2040.

Autonomous Energy completes massive state Liberal government-backed microgrid combining 2.5MW solar PV, 4.2MWh Tesla battery storage, and 2.5MW diesel generator.