IEA says the world has already passed "peak coal", even with an expected huge boost in global power demand caused by the "age of electricity".

State owned Synergy has formally opened its third big battery, which turns out to the biggest operating battery in Australia after its storage was "re-rated." ...

Spanish giant completes one big battery project ahead of schedule as it lands a contract for an even bigger project with 10 hours of storage.

Some countries now require data centres to pay more to access grid power, but Australian authorities are split over the issue.

When gas companies drill a dry hole, the tax system shares the loss; when pumped hydro companies drill a dry hole, they carry the cost alone.

Even the booming home battery market could not escape the January doldrums, with the summer break delivering a small decline ...

Malcolm Turnbull says more "simpler" pumped hydro needed as solar outpaces wind, and insists that Snowy 2.0 will deliver ...

The first solar-battery hybrid has begun sending power into Australia's main grid in the evening. Dozens of bigger projects ...

Transparency, accountability, membership and corporate structure will all come under the microscope as part of a major review of the Australian Energy Market Operator.

Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull is pushing for more hydro, but is still pumped up by the hard right and the disappearance of the sensible middle. Plus: Big batteries seize the moment again.

The Australian government has been urged to come clean on security threats posed by climate change following the release of a troubling UK assessment.

Two multi-billion dollar pumped hydro energy storage projects declared Critical State Significant Infrastructure in race to cancel out coal.