30,000 solar panels will be installed every hour around the world over the next 5 years according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA).

It appears that Toyota’s somewhat baffling unwillingness to embrace all-electric vehicles may finally be coming to an end. Recent comments made by prominent engineers at the company imply that the company may be planning to release all-electric models at some point in the near future, as a result of having “tamed” lithium-ion battery technology.

The dirtiest power station in Australia – and by some estimates the dirtiest among the world’s developed countries – the 1.5GW Hazelwood brown coal generator in Victoria is to close in five months after its owners finally bowed to the inevitable.

The NSW Coalition government has expressed its support for peer-to-peer trading for solar households, which would allow homes and businesses to sell excess solar power to neighbours and peers rather than selling back into the grid.