Roughly a fifth of solar panels have been found to degrade much more quickly than expected, leading to calls for different testing standards to identify faults.

The last of more than 1,500 steel towers, each weighing around 60 tonnes, has been erected on the country's biggest ...

Construction on what will likely be Australia's biggest solar project - to help power Rio's giant smelter - can now begin after gaining development approval.

Queensland's decision to say no to renewables is bad news for some. But in NSW, it could help Snowy emerge to save the transition away from coal.

Smart Energy Council’s David McElrea on why federal Labor must make some urgent changes to its super successful Cheaper Home Batteries scheme – and what those changes might be. Plus news of the week.

Join Renew Economy founder and editor-in-chief Giles Parkinson and columnist and energy markets expert David Leitch as they discuss the week’s main events – politics, solar and storage.

Australia's most successful big battery developer starts work on a new project, the first in the world to feature Tesla Megablock 20 MWh units.

Ten regional Victorian towns are being forced off gas next year after Solstice Energy announced it would shut down supply to around 1,145 homes, saying the isolated gas networks have become too ...

Spanish energy giant Acciona has landed yet another major transmission project in Australia, after being awarded the contract to build the Western Renewables Link (WRL). Acciona will build the 190 km ...

The 120 megawatt (MW) Munna Creek solar farm is now operating, and comes with the distinction of being the last project required to make NBN Co’s electricity supply completely renewable. The Munna ...

More than 1000 jobs at a troubled aluminium smelter have been secured after the federal government stepped in to keep it running with taxpayer support. Rio Tinto, majority owner of the massive Tomago ...

Tim Nelson, the chair of the eponymous Nelson Review on the design of Australia’s energy markets, says there are no major changes from the draft delivered earlier this year, but some important tweaks.