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Electricity costs are constantly increasing. This article explains 10 top tips that are cost effective and practical.

How to save money by being more energy efficient, we look at various ways of reducing your energy bills and electricity consumption.

Solar Power systems installed at the home or office can reduce environmental impact. How solar panel systems work is described and how you and the environment benefit.

Windows, doors and other openings account for up to 40% of a buildings energy consumption in heating and cooling. This article explains what you can do to save money and be green.

Passive solar building design is explained and how passive solar principals are used to design green homes and buildings, and save you money.

Winners of the world’s leading environmental award faced down Vladimir Putin and the country’s recently deposed leader, Jacob Zuma, to overturn a multibillion-dollar nuclear deal

Treasurer says reason for funds top-up is fall in GST share, not hydraulic fracturing decision

The discovery of a new great ape species – the Tapanuli orangutan – has not stopped a Chinese state-run hydropower company from clearing forest for a planned dam...

Party colleagues, the states and Labor are the big obstacles in energy minister’s push for the national energy guarantee

The government has pledged to review its long-term climate targets. Renewable energy, housing and and transport are just some areas where new policies could cut emissions fast

The Federal Government is facing an uphill battle to convince some states to back the National Energy Guarantee, with some leaders saying the plan's targets are too low to drive any new investment in renewable energy.

Coal fueled the world for more than 100 years, but now it's being pushed out of the market. Recent evidence for that can be found in the United Kingdom, which just set a new record by going nearly 55 hours sans coal. The...

Last year, the world invested more in solar power than all fossil-fuel sources combined. Investors and governments installed an all-time record of 157 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity, according to a new report...

As the country rushes to cut carbon emissions by 26%, campaigners worry that forests and wildlife are being trampled

Victoria’s energy minister warns Canberra ‘we’ve got thresholds’ ahead of meeting on proposed national energy guarantee • Sign up to receive the top stories every morning

Exclusive: Plans for a network of hydropower plants in three countries would cause ‘chain reaction’ for endangered species, report warns

‘Outrageous financial demands will have serious repercussions across the renewables sector’

Party announces it will campaign for application to be made to Unesco in bid to stop drilling

The 56,000 sq km reef is thought to contain dozens of undiscovered species, in an area where a French company intents to drill for oil

Research says additional 9,271MW of wind and solar required to deliver the Neg emissions reduction target

Works out how long an investment in an energy storage time shifting system would take to pay back in full. Such systems typically charge a battery during the off peak period and then discharge during the peak period, so saving...

Work out how much power your devices and appliances use with the total cost. Also shows how much standby/phantom power costs you. Helps you save money.

Helps you work out the running cost of electric based underfloor heating taking into account peak and off-peak electricity prices