| A new property development in Sydney’s north shore by Metro Property Development will be the first in Australia to offer residents $0 electricity bills by integrating battery power into each of the homes. |
| Up to 1000 landlords and their tenants have the chance to team up and cut power bills and emissions under a trial scheme in Bundaberg, Townsville and Gladstone. |
| According to CEC, the effectiveness and long heritage of one of Australia’s most well-established technologies, hydro power, makes it a perfect partner to complement wind and solar in the country. |
| Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has put Labor behind Snowy 2.0 - the hydro-electric project green-lighted by Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday - but called for an increase in renewable energy to prevent the mega-project from being "a battery with no plug". |
| New research claims that Australia is installing renewable energy faster than any other country. The government also recently announced they are taking even more steps to reduce national carbon footprint by planting one billion trees by 2050. |
| Energy experts in Australia have issued a joint statement warning the Australian government that energy bottlenecks risk the country meeting its emissions targets. |
| Electricity company EnergyAustralia is launching a $15 million program to help charities slash their power bills by installing free solar panels and battery systems, turning them into mini-power plants. |
| Both major parties in the election race for the Australian state of New South Wales have put forward plans focusing on solar and storage for households, with some mixed but mostly positive reaction from the industry. |
| The latest Green Energy Markets report says renewable power levels punched through the 20 per cent market share threshold in 2018 as new wind and solar farms are built and more households install rooftop solar systems. |
| Australia is on track to meet its Paris climate commitments five years earlier than expected — in 2025 — according to new research from the Australian National University. |
| Companies globally bought twice as much renewable energy in 2018 as in 2017, with Facebook alone buying 2.6 gigawatts of green power last year - more than the entire Asia-Pacific region. - The Sydney Morning Herald |
| Late 2018 saw the Australian Youth Climate Coalition and Community Power Agency publish a comprehensive plan to power New South Wales and Victorian high schools with 100% renewable energy. Tomorrow, Australian high-school students in most states return to their classrooms with extreme summer weather fresh in their memories. Many will have climate change and energy transition on their minds. |
