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12 Apr 2018

New smart electricity technology developed at The Australian National University has passed a major trial in Tasmania and has proven it can now help manage the...

11 Apr 2018

Energy opinion: The states should insist on a scheme that meets their objectives and ask hard questions about effectiveness and cost.

6 Apr 2018

The Nationals should support carbon farming, not coal.

6 Apr 2018

The Australian National University (ANU) has announced the appointment of Dr Lachlan Blackhall to lead an international research program to improve ways to...

6 Apr 2018

Solar photovoltaic and wind power are rapidly getting cheaper and more abundant – so much so that they are on track to entirely supplant fossil fuels worldwide...

5 Apr 2018

The Turnbull Government has “revived a dead horse to flog it again”, said a leading Australian energy academic during the latest public stand-off between the...

14 Mar 2018

The climate wars between the major political parties have cost us a host of lost business and employment opportunities, even a global leadership role, and yet...

8 Mar 2018

The fleet of small-scale solar systems, batteries and flexible loads in our electricity system will grow rapidly in coming years. But how to coordinate them...

2 Mar 2018

Snowy 2.0 is a big enough venture to create its own watershed of cheers and jeers.

1 Mar 2018

Plummeting prices for renewable energy sources coupled with high-tech energy storage solutions are putting the heat on old-school coal-fired power generators.

20 Feb 2018

The South Australian government and Tesla recently announced a large-scale solar and storage scheme that will distribute solar panels and batteries free of...

8 Feb 2018

The ANU Climate Update 2018 brought together climate researchers, students, policymakers, industry, media and the public.