Prime minister Malcolm Turnbull appears to have caved in to the fossil fuel lobby and the right wing of his Coalition after announcing that he would look at the need to replace coal-fired power stations with “continuous power sources” such as new coal, or gas.

The highly ambitious solar and battery storage developer Lyon Group has unveiled yet another big project, this time a $660 million solar plus storage project in Victoria, adding to its growing portfolio in South Australia and Queensland.

Fifty per cent of Australians say they would buy an electric vehicle, according to a new report commissioned by the Electric Vehicle Council.

In a move that will hurt consumers, AGL, Origin Energy and Energy Australia have all announced price rises for the 1st of July this year with small business and consumers set to be the worst off.