He began with immigration, now President Donald Trump has an even bigger global target ahead as the country prepares to shift its course on climate change.

Bruce Mountain, energy consultancy CME director claims the Tesla Powerwall 2.0 and rooftop solar panels can effectively make Australian homes cost-competitive with grid-powered homes. Mountain took a look at a hypothetical home in Adelaide, which he approximated would consume about 4,800 kilowatts hours of energy each year.

Last week, we got the news that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has appointed a new cabinet. As part of this keenly awaited announcement, we learned that two previously separate portfolios had been combined, meaning that Josh Frydenberg is now the Minister for both environment and energy.

Harvard researchers may have just found the answer to safer battery storage for solar-powered homes, and are unveiling an exciting prototype. As the wind turbine and solar panel market continues to grow and spread throughout the world, the need for power storing batteries to use on cloudy days steadily increases.

Such a lofty goal may seem unrealistic, especially when you consider that Germany continues to grow economically speaking, though Craig Morris insists that a simple two step plan is all that will be needed to get the ball rolling.

Traditional fossil fuel energy companies have held a monopoly on the electricity sector for a long time and would like for the public to see the industry as too complex to comprehend, when the actual fact is, it’s as simple as can be!

Victoria can finally enter a brand new era for renewable energy with Daniel Andrews Labor government election as well as Ellen Sandell in Melbourne. A few years ago, Ted Baillieu who was then the Victorian Premier implemented the world’s toughest guidelines on wind farms.

Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is getting a lot of flack recently due to his policy concerning coal and fossil fuel, as well his near-abolishment of the country’s efforts to shift to renewable energy.

If no earth-shaking event happens within the next 10 years, the world will see renewable energy sources such as solar and wind jump to the top of the heap in global energy leaving coal at the bottom.

A future project as gargantuan as the $5bn gigafactory by Elon Musk can be overwhelming but as you will soon learn, there are numerous benefits and everything is on ground level.

For the first time, a team of Australian scientists have recently reproduced a synthetic photosynthesis that will take them closer to creating cheap and sustainable fuel from sunlight and water – the way plants do.

“What is the difference between solar energy and geothermal energy?” It’s not the most common question however I do get it thrown at me every once in a while and on that basis I thought it’s time to clarify for the views.