Electricity Production and Distribution

Household clean tech set-ups like solar and batteries can mean huge savings. But what's sitting behind the meter may become the most valuable asset as a new energy market emerges.

They're among the most popular household batteries and eligible for lucrative taxpayer subsidies, but critics say Tesla's products are costing consumers and the grid.

As Australia surges past a solar-powered milestone, questions turn to how much is too much, and can we hope to store it all?

Global emissions look to rise in 2024, a new Carbon Budget report reveals. Climate scientists say it's "grim news" because the world has the technology to change that. What's missing, they say, is political will.

Six years after Cyclone Marcus left almost 30,000 homes without electricity, the Country Liberal Party has redirected $60 million budgeted for underground power.

Solar panels that can be printed out like newspapers and rolled up to fit in your pocket are one step closer thanks to a new development by CSIRO.

After weeks of power instability in Far West NSW, the federal government has announced up to 13 weeks of income support. Transgrid has also issued a formal apology and committed an additional $500,000 in grants.

Investigators are on the ground in the far west of New South Wales after a thunderstorm wiped out critical power lines and backup generators failed.

More than a week after a possible tornado tore through Broken Hill and wiped out seven transmission towers, the region is still grappling with rolling blackouts that are putting dialysis patients like Leroy and year 12 students studying for exams like Poppy on edge. 

The fallout from a storm that destroyed transmission infrastructure from Menindee to Tibooburra in regional NSW threatens to leave locals without power until November 6.

Tasmania is headed for a 15-year low in its renewable energy generation — posing a threat to the state's claim of being "100 per cent renewable".

Power has been cut to residents in parts of outback NSW overnight, as authorities seek to secure supply to the region after transmission towers were significantly damaged when wild weather ripped across the state last week.

The owner of one of the largest sawmills in Australia is spending millions of dollars on new equipment to turn steam into more than enough electricity to run the plant and possibly electric trucks into the future.

A project held up as a flagship for Australia's fledgling green hydrogen industry loses its biggest backer as Origin Energy abandons plans for the fuel.

It could be a first for Australia, but would putting two state-owned entities in competition with one another push down power prices? 

Across the country, wind farms are being built faster than ever, but agricultural landholders are split on embracing the energy revolution while protecting food production.

We all know the pain from the cost-of-living crisis, but for business owners increases in their power costs can push some close to or even over the edge.

Fiona and Rob Duff say rejecting the potential cash flow from wind turbines is not an ideological decision about climate change or energy.

For decades, a big risk to Australia's electricity system has been excessive demand in summer. Now, it is excessive supply in spring.

Tasmania's Fair Work Commission has heard of four incidents deemed to have threatened community safety earlier this month during recent storms.