Bird protection will be front of mind for Goldwind after four key species found at its proposed Bashan wind farm site in Tasmania.

Oceanography professor and former CSIRO chief Tony Haymet has been named new Australian chief scientist, to provide independent advice and research to the federal government.

WMO’s climate and energy lead Roberta Boscolo on the latest climate report, the 1.55°C average temperature rise and heating oceans. Plus: A wrap of the news in our first podcast of 2025.

Big batteries have overtaken gas as the second biggest player in the evening demand peaks, and their owners are cashing in on the privilege.

LNP introduces strict new planning rules for wind projects in state with lowest share of renewables, and promises to do the same for large scale solar, ...

Australia’s electricity market is old, outdated and not doing enough to drive investment in the renewable energy needed for the country to hit its climate targets.

A $230 million project investigating ways to make extracting future materials more sustainable will bring together five research groups from five continents, including one from Australia.

But questions remain about the future of its giant smelters and refineries in Queensland after the new LNP state government put a halt to new wind farm approvals. That includes the 1.4 GW Bungapan ...

Near neighbours of one of the country’s biggest wind projects are being given the opportunity to choose how close they want to be to the proposed turbines.

Contractors named for early works on potential 12 GWh pumped hydro project – assuming the state government is still interested in long duration storage for renewables.

A 500 MWh vanadium flow battery – the biggest in Australia – has been promised for the mining town of Kalgoorlie in a new state election pledge.