Scott Morrison has rejected Chinese bids for the 99-year lease of 50.4% of Ausgrid, the NSW electricity distribution system, for security reasons.
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The anti-nuclear movement in the U.S. is at a critical juncture as worries over climate change grow.
South Australia’s recent electricity price spike has seen calls for more gas. But Australia already has plenty.
A place for everyone, and everyone in their place. A guide for how you can help build a sustainable energy future.
Rwanda has adopted a number of plans to improve its electricity output. There are valuable lessons other African countries can learn from it.
There’s a wealth of climate policies to choose from this election – but what will they do electricity prices?
Closure of the state’s last coal power station will leave a potential gap in the electricity supply.
We have the technology to phase out fossil fuels, but it will take more than that.
Phasing out fossils fuels would go a long way to stopping dangerous climate change – but it might be harder than we thought.
Over the past year Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity rose 2.7%.
Africa still has numerous electricity challenges to overcome, but several countries are getting it right when it comes to providing electricity to their people.
Longannet, the last coal-fired power plant in Scotland, has closed. It might be good news for climate change, but it also signals major problems ahead.
South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan left energy analysts disappointed by not discussing the topic in much detail.
South Africans spend billions of rands paying for services that should be provided by government, thus making the tax burden considerably higher than what appears in official tax data.
If you’re worried about rising electricity prices, then going off-grid sounds attractive. But why not create an intelligent network of solar-powerd batteries that can reduce prices for all?
The U.S. could dramatically increase solar and wind power without expensive energy storage. The key is to overlay high-voltage direct current power lines on our system of regional grids.
Sweating it out through hot summer nights? Here are some tips when you’re looking for something to cool you down.
State-owned companies are not generally needed to provide goods. Rather, they are needed to provide the foundation for a well-functioning economy and a healthy, well-informed populace.
While the Paris climate talks focus on technical fixes, no one talks about how we’re much more afraid of roughing it than ever before.
Mary Shelley’s diaries reveal that in 1814 she attended a lecture that Andrew Crosse, “thunder and lightning man”, delivered in London.
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