ACT Labor's Simon Corbell, former Greens leader Christine Milne and former Liberal leader John Hewson have been appointed patrons to the Australian Solar Council.

Analysis looks at new renewable energy plans by Brazil, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico and the United States

Solar auctions across three continents are beating records – for both solar PV and for solar tower plus storage technology. Solar is now side-lining fossil fuels, and causing energy policy makers and utilities to have a major re-think about their technology choices.

South Australia's combined share of wind and solar photovoltaic energy will increase from 35 percent of generation capacity to 48 percent by April.