Australia's carbon emissions need to peak during the next parliament to achieve net zero by 2050, but there's no expectation the major parties will change tack.
Billionaire Andrew Forrest says any hydrogen made from fossil fuels is part of the problem, and welcomes Europe's moves to boost renewable energy usage.
An energy-led recovery and decarbonisation are key issues for oil and gas majors, and for protesters, at Australia's largest fossil-fuel summit for years.
A billion-dollar naval centre will be built to maintain Australia's warships, with Scott Morrison campaigning in regional NSW following alarming polling.
An Australian pioneer in big battery systems is building its own local supply chain, as well as CSIRO-backed sovereign technology.
Moves to redesign Australia's electricity grid to better support renewable energy projects have been welcomed by institutional investors in the sector.
AGL Energy is in a stoush with its billionaire shareholder who rejects their plan to split and backs his own way to rapidly switch the power grid to renewables.
A future in which the digital economy is at risk of cyber threats and natural disasters demands new national standards, a report says.
High international fuel prices and outages at coal-fired power plants are pushing wholesale electricity costs up across Australia, the market operator says.
New modelling weighs up the jobs boon for regional economies from replacing coal-fired power plants with wind, solar, batteries, new coal or gas generation.
A Labor government will not sign an agreement to phase out coal use but the opposition leader says Australia could still be chosen to host climate conferences.
Australia will take its place in the new energy economy with taxpayer support to reinvent fossil fuels and mine new minerals, under plans backed by industry.
The federal government is being urged to increase its spending on decarbonisation to unlock investment and jobs in the Hunter and Gladstone regions.
The Commonwealth-Western Australian Joint Authority has granted Woodside key approvals for the massive LNG Scarborough Project off the coast of Karratha.
New research suggests an inexorable link between the cost of household energy and the ability of Australians to age comfortably in their own homes.
The NSW government has received an "overwhelming level" of interest in proposals to turn two coal mining regions into production hubs for renewable hydrogen.
Australia's busiest highways along the east coast will be linked by a hydrogen highway aimed at decarbonising fuel-guzzling trucks.
The former UK energy regulator is in awe of Australia as gas prices bite Europe's households, but the federal government is warning against complacency here.
Energy experts have been urged to think differently about how to activate people and industries who can solve the everyday problems of the energy transition.
Australia's petrol and diesel taxes are already amongst the lowest in the world, prompting calls for greater use of ethanol to provide relief at the bowser.
AGL has confirmed it rejected an improved takeover bid from the Mike Cannon-Brookes and Brookfield consortium.
A wind, solar and battery farm in Queensland to power more than 650,000 homes is key to billionaire Andrew Forrest's plans for "green energy superpower" status.
Billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes still wants to buy AGL Energy, but the competition watchdog is worried about the consortium holding wires, poles and generators.
AGL Energy has rejected a hefty takeover offer by a consortium helmed by tech mogul Mike Cannon-Brookes, but market experts say it's just a starting bid.
Origin Energy will shutter Australia's largest coal-fired power plant much earlier than expected, annoying the federal government and environmentalists.
Australians understand dead batteries have value but don't know what to do with them and they generally wind up being dumped.
Malcolm Turnbull has warned voters are walking away because of federal government dysfunction on climate policy and says Labor's plan is politically sensible.
Australia's first green hydrogen project has been certified as some governments look to drive alternative fuels and fleets.
Labor has changed its tune and backs building a new gas-fired plant in NSW on the condition it runs completely on green hydrogen by the decade's end.
An energy company is looking beyond the traditional electricity grid as it rolls out a hybrid future across a vast landscape.
Cryptocurrencies and digital assets will be a big part of Australia's future economy, according to an Ernst & Young report.
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