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Old government utilities such as Ergon Energy and Synergy now believe that small-scale power options - such as solar, batteries and energy efficiency - are superseding the need for grid expansions. New analysis from the IEA shows how big a change they could make.

Concern over the Chinese property sector has spread around the globe, though few analysts are seeing the whole picture.

Most of the key players in the climate debate accept the need for carbon capture and storage. But there's no doubt the technology needs government and industry help to drive it forward.

Policy leaders and bureaucrats have pretty well skipped tech class for the past 20 years. The digital learning curve is going to be a steep one for a lot of them.

As Shorten rolls into his second year as leader, he will need soon to turn his carbon position into a convincing policy narrative. He'll be hoping there's no repeat of Copenhagen next year.

The electricity industry has taken its battle for dominance underground and into the murky world of service rules, incomprehensible retail tariffs and 'different rules if you have solar'.

It has become a case of adapt or die for Australia's auto-parts makers.

Most businesses are unprotected against estate claims, but proper planning can avert them.

The week in clean energy saw Japanese utilities trying to offset feed-in tariffs by blacklisting solar farms, while large-scale solar took an expected knock in Britain.

Australia's property sector may not seem like the place for cutting edge technology. However, when it comes to innovating, our real estate players are starting to wake up.

Does this report fly in the face of Australia's anti-poverty week? Two charts on Australia's booming number of millionaires and our peak Hong Kong business body's controversial reply to the protests.

Australia's start-up scene will welcome the Abbott government's changes to the taxation of employee share schemes.

Despite Bitcoin's notorious volatility, Silicon Valley investors believe the cryptocurrency has enormous potential to fix the financial system and thrive in emerging markets.

Inflation in the UK is at its lowest level since September 2009, but there are good reasons why the Bank of England can remain optimistic.

Macquarie Group is reportedly reducing its stake in ANZ Terminals only months after it gained control, while two of Australia's largest real estate firms could soon be on the auction block.

Defence planners have forgotten the lesson of Pearl Harbor and are putting Australian air power at unacceptable risk.