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

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.

  • byMike Foley

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

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.

  • byNick O'Malley
Cannon-Brookes’ record-breaking solar farm plan gets Plibersek’s tick

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.

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

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
Should Australia house a giant vacuum cleaner to suck carbon from the sky?

Should Australia house a giant vacuum cleaner to suck carbon from the sky?

Removing carbon from the atmosphere to save us from climate change is a controversial notion,but faith is growing in some new technologies.

  • byNick O'Malley
Nuclear debate is getting heated,but whose energy plan stacks up?

Nuclear debate is getting heated,but whose energy plan stacks up?

Will the government’s renewables plan cost $1 trillion? Is nuclear energy cheaper? Can a reactor be up and running by 2037? We answer the nuclear debate’s biggest questions.

  • byMike Foley
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Australian voters back plans to keep gas on tap

Australian voters back plans to keep gas on tap

The poll found that 75 per cent of voters supported a domestic gas reservation policy to ensure a steady supply of gas to households and businesses.

  • byJames Massola
The tale of two households:Behind the new grid charges for excess solar

The tale of two households:Behind the new grid charges for excess solar

Australia has the highest rooftop solar penetration in the world,which brings both opportunities for decarbonisation and challenges for the grid.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Nearly a million NSW households face new charges for solar exports

Nearly a million NSW households face new charges for solar exports

Regional electricity distributors Essential Energy and Endeavour Energy joined Ausgrid in announcing charges for solar customers exporting too much energy in the middle of the day.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Dangerous heat kills dozens,closes schools,prompts four-day workweek

Dangerous heat kills dozens,closes schools,prompts four-day workweek

Several countries in South-East Asia are grappling with a heatwave that has turned into tragedy in Thailand and is forcing power plant closures elsewhere.

  • byNeil Jerome Morales
Buildings as batteries? We need bright ideas like this
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Buildings as batteries? We need bright ideas like this

Office blocks have an important part to play in our efforts to limit further climate change. How? Keep reading.

  • byRoss Gittins