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Electricity sales from the plant in Longford will help fund health education and employment services for the local Indigenous population. Jedda Costa reports.

Jobs won't always be like-for-like but there will be plenty of opportunities in the sustainable energy sector.

As more Victorians install solar panels, solar experts suggest we need to think ahead to how they can be recycled once they retire, or we will end up with an e-waste problem.

Rooftop solar has been one of the brighter spots in the chequered history of Australia’s climate and energy policy. But despite our national success, issues have arisen with respect to equity, access, and fairness. To date,...

Ammonia to be produced from renewable energy proposal

Energy specialist Simon Holmes à Court says Australia is already the number one country in the world for rooftop solar per capita.

Some of the electricity generated by a proposed community solar farm at Gloucester, on the NSW Mid North Coast, will be sold to low-income households at a reduced rate.

Victoria's solar rebate scheme gets a major boost in next week's State Budget, with thousands of rebates available for home solar panels and solar batteries, in addition to $250 cash rebates for low income earners to put...

Thousands of jobs could be created and social housing tenants could see energy bills slashed if a proposal to install solar panels on public dwellings is approved by the Queensland Government.

Installing solar panels on your roof may seem like a pipedream if you rent your home or live in an apartment. But there are some ways you can still do it.

For years, solar panel owners were paid a premium to feed their electricity into the grid. But that could be about to turn on its head — and they are not happy.

Ever since the Hindenburg airship disaster of 1937, hydrogen has had a reputation as being a risky source of fuel — but a project in Adelaide is part of a push to change that.

Electricity grid operators will seize the power to remotely switch off new rooftop panels in SA as the state's Energy Minister warns excessive solar could lead to another widespread blackout.

Lakhaan Singh recalls the day he first killed a tiger. But the arrival of a solar panel in his village has meant there are now fewer excuses for poaching, and a community is being transformed, writes Luke Taylor.

A solar car competing in the World Solar Challenge has rolled over on the Stuart Highway, just north of Coober Pedy in South Australia. The driver has been released from hospital.