An ambitious project to take thousands of West Australian properties off-grid is taking shape. Here's how farmers are finding their new solar power systems.
Four solar farms in the Northern Territory are sitting idle, years after construction.
Two farmers running merinos on solar farms in NSW's Central West say their sheep thrive under solar panels, while wool quality has increased.
Two farmers running merinos on solar farms in NSW's Central West say their sheep thrive under solar panels, while wool quality has increased.
Corangamite Shire Council says the area's gas and agriculture industries shouldn't be sacrificed for renewable energy projects as it battles against a plan to build a solar farm in the region.
Border lockdowns and supply chain disruptions fail to slow the rampant uptake of rooftop solar in Australia where householders installed record amounts of new capacity last year.
A week ago we were wondering what the UN climate summit in Glasgow, COP26, might deliver for humanity.
We'd been told many times that the world is not on track to limit warming to less than 2 degrees, and that Glasgow was...
Up to 100,000 tonnes of green hydrogen could be produced on the Northern Territory's Tiwi Islands for export to Asia under a new proposal by an energy company.
An outback town in Queensland is looking toward a renewable energy resurgence thanks to the brainchild of a leading economist.
An outback town in Queensland is looking toward a renewable energy resurgence thanks to the brainchild of a leading economist.
The take-up of renewable energy is proving to be a challenge in the Western Murray region.
"It's not the Jetson's, the technology is here now": The Barossa family running their winery and house off an electric car.
The country's biggest free-range meat chicken farm has slashed its power bill after installing one of agriculture's most extensive solar and battery systems.
A three-year battle between farmers and the New South Wales Government has ended with the conditional approval of a 120-megawatt solar farm planned for land 4 kilometres out of the Jindera township.
Ten of Australia's 12 largest egg producers have some form of solar energy powering their farms, with proponents urging a move toward carbon neutrality in an already low-carbon-sourced industry.
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