wind energy, Tag

Demand for Australian thermal coal has peaked, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), and renewables will deliver 80 per cent of the world's energy needs in the next few years.

U.K. prime minister Boris Johnson has affirmed government plans to ensure that the entire country is powered by offshore wind energy by 2030. Speaking at a virtual conservative party meeting, he reiterated his promise, saying...

A 20-year blueprint for WA's biggest electricity system suggests up to 890MW of the state's coal-fired power capacity faces economic closure by 2025, as demand for renewable energy hollows out the market.

ACT Labor has promised a network of batteries across Canberra with a capacity far greater than South Australia's Tesla battery if it wins the Territory election.

While the Government's renewable energy plan is under fire, including from some on its own side of politics, it is also attracting some perhaps unlikely supporters in the energy policy community.

While the Government's renewable energy plan is under fire, including from some on its own side of politics, it is also attracting some perhaps unlikely supporters in the energy policy community.

The Federal Government is reshaping the nation's approach to reducing carbon emissions, turning the focus to backing a select few technologies and supporting heavy industry.

Ahead of the release of the Federal Government's long-awaited technology roadmap, Scott Morrison refuses to commit to a target of net zero carbon emissions by 2050, despite describing it as "achievable".

The sidelining of locally-elected voices in a decision to green-light a new power station at Esperance calls the integrity of a Western Australian Government approvals process into question.

You would think that with all the added wind and solar energy in Germany, along with all the conventional power plants on standby, all totaling up to huge unneeded capacity, there would be no need to import any power at all...

Australia's two renewable energy agencies will be allowed to invest in low emissions technologies under new legislation set to be introduced by the Federal Government.

Here’s another example illustrating just how volatile and unreliable wind energy really is.

The world's largest lithium-ion battery is now capable of delivering 150 megawatts and could save South Australia from a statewide blackout, according to the state's energy minister.

A new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution shows that painting one blade on a wind turbine black may reduce bird deaths at wind farms by up to 70%...

A report commissioned by the ACF finds a third of Queensland's electricity will be renewable by 2025 and will surpass fossil fuels if already proposed projects go ahead.