The Australian Energy Storage Conference and Exhibition has officially opened registrations. The event will see over 2000 conference delegates and trade visitors gather together to get a glimpse of a future with energy storage. [ + ]

Moree Solar Farm, located in Northern NSW, has successfully achieved first generation. The farm is now feeding 56 MW of renewable solar energy into the National Electricity Market — enough to power 15,000 average homes. [ + ]

ARENA and SBCVC have backed a $5 million Southern Cross Renewable Energy Fund investment into Mojo Power, claimed to be the first energy retailer to offer rates that reflect the true cost of providing electricity to homes. [ + ]

According to GE's 2016 Innovation Barometer, Australians think the energy sector is particularly ripe for innovation and that innovation in the sector could be the key to a more sustainable future energy landscape. [ + ]

The Volvo Group, three universities and waste recycling company Renova have developed a robot that automatically collects and empties refuse bins, with the help of a drone on the roof of the refuse truck. [ + ]

A new campaign aims to lift the energy efficiency of average-performing commercial office buildings in New South Wales. [ + ]

Green Distillation Technologies, the would-be developer of an $8.5 million tyre recycling plant in Longford, Tasmania, says it is determined to proceed with plans despite delays in securing government approvals. [ + ]

Research and consulting firm GlobalData has announced the world's biggest producers of solar photovoltaic (PV) modules in 2015. [ + ]

Economist and academic Lord Nicholas Stern has called on researchers to improve radically the models used to estimate the costs of acting on climate change. [ + ]

The 2016 Irrigation Australia International Conference and Exhibition will take place from 24–26 May at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre. [ + ]

Over 200 students from Melbourne Girls' College in Richmond will be pedalling for up to 10 hours in groups of four on stationary bicycles to power up the school's annual carbon-neutral, human-powered cinema to be held on 19 February 2016. [ + ]

The Sourced Separated Organic Waste Method provides an incentive for business, local government and charity organisations to divert organic waste from landfill. [ + ]

Redback Technologies has signed a memorandum of understanding with UniQuest aimed at accelerating the global commercialisation of Redback's existing technology as well as future cutting-edge energy research from The University of Queensland. [ + ]

The Clean Energy Finance Corporation is lending up to $9.1 million to the University of Melbourne to finance a number of energy reduction and generation projects. [ + ]

Councils in New Zealand's Waikato region have announced a three-year partnership with the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) that will see an improvement in the way they use energy. [ + ]