Victoria cuts red tape to encourage renewable energy investments
The Victorian Government has made changes to its procedures for applying for wind farm project approvals to drive renewable energy investment in the state.
The...
SA car manufacturer that diversified into renewable energy reaps success with CSIRO solar thermal...
Thanks to the Australian Government’s $20 million Automotive Diversification Programme, Heliostat SA, a SA solar component supplier that employs former auto industry workers, has...
Australia’s largest PV power station gets go ahead to feed full capacity into grid
The Nyngan solar PV plant – part of the $440 million AGL solar project, which is supported by $166.7 million from ARENA and $64.9 million from...
Queensland one step closer to laws requiring petrol companies to put ethanol in fuel
Queensland’s Energy Minister Mark Bailey released a Discussion Paper for an ethanol mandate "to grow the biofuels and bio-manufacturing industries and create more jobs"...
Panasonic tests solar battery storage system in Australia – inks deals with 3 Aussie...
Electronics giant Panasonic has struck agreements with three Australian energy utilities to trial its home-based battery storage options.
The company has announced pilot projects with...
Audi and Global Bioenergies develop “e-benzin” without the use of petroleum (VIDEO)
Audi has partnered up with Global Bioenergies to develop a new type of fuel named “e-benzin” from plant sugars.
Global Bioenergies is one of the...
Tesla to use Aussie Reposit Power technology
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) provided $445,000 in funding for Reposit Power (Reposit) to trial an on-grid solar photovoltaic (PV) energy storage and...
Queensland to target solar energy future
Minister for Energy and Water Supply Mark Bailey has outlined plans for harvesting sun-powered energy in Queensland that will see the state capitalise on...
Australian solar technology installed in Cyprus
Technology from CSIRO’s Newcastle Energy Centre has been successfully installed at the Cyprus Institute research facility - the premier research institute on the island...
Apple goes green in China
It seems that Apple is truly committed to power all its operations on 100% renewable energy.
A team of Apple execs, including CEO Tim Cook...















