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WA is facing a potential power shortfall over the coming decade amid the transition to renewables, leading the government to keep the Muja coal-fired power station operating longer than planned.

All five Renewable Energy Zones are still in the planning phase and no additional transmission infrastructure to support the new projects has been built.

A prominent energy expert joins landholders in calling for the Australian Energy Market Operator and the Victorian government to scrap plans to build the controversial VNI West transmission line and Western Renewables Link.

A prominent energy expert joins landholders in calling for the Australian Energy Market Operator and the Victorian government to scrap plans to build the controversial VNI West transmission line and Western Renewables Link.

Excess power from Perth's rooftop solar systems will be used to help struggling WA families, with potential electricity bill savings of up to $300 a year per household.

Excess power from Perth's rooftop solar systems will be used to help struggling WA families, with potential electricity bill savings of up to $300 a year per household.

Excess power from Perth's rooftop solar systems will be used to help struggling families, with the WA government highlighting potential electricity bill savings of up to $500 a year for a household.

Under changes to the ACT government's Sustainable Household Scheme, only properties with an unapproved land value of $450,000 or less can apply for an interest-free loan to install solar products. 

Outback Queensland is home to the largest potential wind zone in the country, but a lack of infrastructure and a shortage of skilled workers are major roadblocks in reaching national renewable energy targets.

Western Australia’s biggest electricity system will need to roughly triple in size over the next two decades, as the state seeks to wean itself off fossil fuels and go green.

Construction is completed on a massive solar farm on Queensland's Western Downs, which has the capacity to power the equivalent of 235,000 homes.

A community project is retrofitting technology in low-income households to protect vulnerable people against extreme heat, cold and rising energy costs...

Peak environment groups in SA urge the state government to increase natural protections as renewable projects advance.

Australian energy heavyweight breaks cover to call for new gas plant in the west as coal exodus threatens supply crunch.

Residents have until March 31 to transition away from the local gas network before its closure, but the shire president wants government assurances it will stay open until everybody has secured an alternative energy supply.