Victoria's Labor government has announced a wholesale review of the brown coal industry, as energy minister Lily D'Ambrosia confirms the state's need to look to new and clean energy technologies, and the jobs of the future.

Tesla CTO says Nevada gigafactory will be zero net energy, with the entire roof and nearby hillsides covered in solar PV – and no gas supply at all.

US report says several key drivers – including electricity retailers – have positioned Australia’s storage market to take off in 2016 and 2017.

Australian grid operator modelling transmission network needs to cope with scenario where virtually every home has rooftop solar, nearly half have battery storage, and one in five households has an electric vehicle. It's bad news for coal and peaking gas plants.