An abundance of rooftop solar generation has helped set a new record high for the total share of renewables on Australia's main grid, reaching nearly 80 per cent on a sunny Friday afternoon in Spring.

Australian businesses looking to ditch gas and diesel can do the sums, find electrification will save them money, and then run smack into trying to connect to the electricity grid.

Windlab's John Martin on the project that broke the investment drought for big wind, and what makes the sector so hard. Plus: Victoria's disarray, EV milestones, and more.

Federal Labor's determination to power new data centres with renewables, and to minimise emissions and waste, have been questioned following release of consultation paper.

An Australian startup aiming to make green hydrogen work for heavy industry has launched an AI-optimised production line making electrolysers to split hydrogen from water.

The huge, two-hour battery built at the site of a partly demolished coal plant reaches full commercial operation, marking a major milestone for the grid.

Farmer tells review forced by long distance objectors that hosting wind turbines enables him to better manage land, and prepare for the"will of the climate." ...

Solar recycling industry calls on federal government to make an "immediate legal and procedural intervention" to unblock the national pilot and get it going before year's end.

Federal government backs trial for 1,000 households in national capital that will use a specially designed digital "one stop shop" to make home electrification less daunting.

Australia's renewable energy sector is facing an increasingly complex operating environment at a time when it needs clarity and certainty, new report finds.

A $30 billion-plus data centre could significantly add to greenhouse gas emissions and drain as much as a fifth of state's grid unless made to BYO renewables, analysts say.

The Victorian government has denied claims it is backing away from its contested transmission plans, saying the cost reassessment is neither a pause nor a review.