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Australia is looking for new ways to put sunshine aside for later

As Australia’s shift from coal to renewables continues at pace, companies are working on innovative ways to store larger amounts of clean energy.

  • Nick Toscano

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Woodside CEO Meg O’Neill speaking at the Melbourne Townhall.

Higher gas bills on east coast now unavoidable, warns Woodside

Energy giant Woodside says consumers are headed for a blowout in gas bills after years of drilling bans have left Victoria and NSW in a perilous position.

  • Nick Toscano

Heard about the shock jock who’s now a clean energy champion? That’s me

I’m not an environmentalist, I’m a pragmatist. I know that clean, renewable energy makes the most sense for Australia.

  • Chris O'Keefe
Dr Laura Ryan at her nearly off the grid home in Newtown.

One big bummer ruined Laura Ryan’s dream of going off-grid in the inner city

Dr Laura Ryan has been a guinea pig for how to go off the grid in a small inner-city terrace. She nearly succeeded, except for “one real bummer” that cut her energy production by half.

  • Julie Power
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announces the Coalition’s nuclear costings.

Millions fewer Australians to drive electric cars or have rooftop solar under Dutton’s vision

Dutton’s $331 billion plan hinges on running coal plants for potentially decades longer than current forecasts and building the first nuclear plant by 2037.

  • Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
The Kemerton Battery Energy Storage System was approved by the WA regional Development Assessment Panel on December 4.

Big BESS: State’s largest power bank to be built in WA’s South West

A $400 million Battery Energy Storage System will use lithium-ion battery technology to support the WA power grid through wind and solar energy.

  • Claire Ottaviano
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Four million homes now have rooftop solar panels on their roofs.

Your solar panel payments are running out – can you get paid to install a battery?

The sun is shining so brightly on the energy grid that household batteries must become the new frontier of power bill savings.

  • Mike Foley
The Mount Piper coal power plant is set to be closed by 2040.

NSW is set to miss all emissions targets until 2050. Here’s why

A report shows the state is not on track to meet its net zero target or interim reduction goals.

  • Nick O'Malley
The first stage of Mike Cannon-Brookes’ SunCable project has been approved by the Albanese government.

Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

The project to build Australia’s largest solar farm has been approved after collapsing last year due to a rift between billionaires Mike Cannon-Brookes and Andrew Forrest.

  • Mike Foley
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Half an hour of power: Renewables’ record surge a sign of future supply

The energy regulator says renewables could dominate the electricity grid within the decade – if the grid gets the right upgrades.

  • Mike Foley and Nick Toscano

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