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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.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says new energy storage targets and investments in regional Victoria will help to reduce energy costs.

Hydro storage technology, a switch to solar and wind, and plans for a "SuperGrid" will all be needed to help Queensland meet its ambitious clean energy targets.

A Norwegian company wants to help Norway reach its goal of harnessing 30,000 megawatts of offshore wind by 2040 with its new vertical turbines. World Wide Wind claims it has developed a turbine with a maximum output of 40...

Virginia is about the get the biggest wind farm in the U.S. The state has just agreed to let Dominion Energy build a 176-turbine wind farm 27 miles off Virginia Beach’s coast.[...]

The SA-NSW interconnector will open renewable energy export opportunities and encourage new developments in regional Australia.

The Labor government has a plan to increase the share of renewable energy in the grid to 82 per cent by 2030, but many experts and investors say reaching that will not be possible without a major upgrade of the poles and...

As coal-fired power stations close down, there is a push for the renewables-rich state of Tasmania to become the "Battery of the Nation". The problem is, no one knows who will foot the multi-billion-dollar bill. 

A connection between Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park and the national power grid is under investigation for causing lights to flicker and dim across South Australia for hours this morning.

Power has been a hot topic in Australia this week, although for starkly different reasons depending on which side of the country you're on. But what does it all mean for West Australians?

With both state and federal governments promising to fast-track high voltage transmission lines, landholders in the firing line are calling for better compensation. 

The SA government has committed to building a "hydrogen hub" on the state's Eyre Peninsula. So what is being proposed, and how could it be used to help our energy-hungry world?

The NSW government is budgeting $1.2 billion to fast-track transmission lines for renewable energy,  but farmers say they want proper compensation if their land is affected.

Commonwealth, state and territory energy ministers have agreed on a plan to improve energy reliability and affordability, but it won't deliver relief for the current crisis.

Plans to build a major urea fertiliser manufacturing plant in a Western Australian coastal city move inland.