Gas price controls will be extended to help households and business afford access, but the industry warns the measures won't fix supply issues.
Non-lithium batteries may be needed for the next era of cutting-edge energy and a local firm has already done the hard yards on making them safe.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has announced a crackdown on companies over-egging their clean energy credentials as the government boosts investment in renewables.
Consumers can expect some respite on energy bills next year as wholesale prices stabilise, but the Liddell coal plant closure will tighten the balance.
Clean export installations up north, production hubs in the south and pipelines crossing the nation map out Australia's future as a net-zero nation.
There are concerns the federal government's decarbonisation policies won't deliver enough to be consistent with world ambitions to limit global warming to 1.5C.
An investment boost in Australia's renewable energy sector has resulted from the federal government's net-zero plan, but rising power prices still loom.
With households facing soaring bills, state and federal governments have been urged to crack down on power networks accused of making "supernormal profits".
Voluntary administrators have been appointed to the co-owners of the issue-plagued Callide C coal-fired power station in central Queensland.
Tasmanian senator Jacqui Lambie says immediate action is needed on climate change and is putting the Greens on notice over emissions-reduction legislation.
The Greens say they are not asking for the perfect climate policy, just a guarantee from the federal government to stop new coal and gas projects.
Climate technology is surviving the venture capital downturn as more consumers and businesses think about what will shrink their carbon footprint.
A key welfare group is urging the government to reduce cost of living pressures in its upcoming budget with Australians again bracing for energy bill spikes.
The prime minister says energy price hikes would have been higher were it not for market intervention, while denying the rises were embarrassing his government.
The energy market operator has warned of risks to gas supply this winter but is armed with new powers over producers as the energy crisis enters a second year.
The Queensland government has promised to give households and small businesses in the state's southeast bigger electricity bill rebates in 2023/24.
Victoria's Essential Services Commission has proposed annual power bill increases of $426 a year for residential electricity customers on default offers.
Electricity prices will be considerably lower than originally predicted but the energy minister says this is cold comfort for households battling rising costs.
Energy regulators expect maximum residential electricity prices to rise more than 30 per cent in some areas amid high commodity prices and generation costs.
Electrifying everything is an unnecessary hit on taxpayers because conventional LPG will be phased out and replaced by a clean version, the industry says.
Going toe-to-toe with the United States on green hydrogen may be "ridiculous", but chemical plants at mines for local supply may be viable despite challenges.
One of Australia's biggest energy firms will launch a subscription car service to get more EVs on the road and offer some customers free power to fuel them.
Australians will be hearing a lot more about distributed energy resources but it's not as complicated as it sounds and most households already have some.
Renters in substandard housing are too scared to complain to landlords about uncomfortable heat in their home, because they fear a rent hike or eviction.
Following the closure of the Liddell power station in April, rooftop solar will become the country's biggest power generator, according to new analysis.
Some want emissions safeguards expanded to cover more industrial plants as a step towards an economy-wide carbon limit and price, but others warn of job losses.
A scheme to compensate landholders for high-voltage electricity towers imposed on their properties has been met with mixed reactions from interest groups.
Homes and businesses would face higher charges when their solar panels fed electricity into the grid during the day under tariffs proposed by energy companies.
Industry, government and financiers need to invest more than $20 billion per year for the Australian economy to expand without dangerous levels of pollution.
The federal government will need to agree to stop new coal and gas projects opening if it wants the Greens' help on a signature emissions reduction measure.
The Greens will support the government's changes to the safeguard mechanism, a key climate policy, if it agrees to stop new coal and gas projects.
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