Earnings are flat at our biggest electricity retailer - which says it still hasn't decided whether to can the Huntly Power Station.

The Saudis may go public, OPEC's in disarray, the U.S. is suddenly a global exporter, and shale drillers are seeking lifelines from investors as banks abandon them.

Scientists have turned to an intriguing place to source cheaper, more efficient energy - blazing-hot magma kilometres below the ground.

Contact's selling its Auckland power station to a property developer.

Solid Energy says a decision on whether the Stockton coal mine should be closed is "pending", and it expects to make a decision in the next few months.

Crude oil prices have risen to their highest in three weeks on hopes for a pact among oil producers to cut output.

What's happening on world markets and what does it mean for us here in New Zealand? Business editor Liam Dann takes a look.

The latest evidence that 2015 was a breakout year for clean energy is in, and it's particularly telling.

The New Zealand dollar rose as oil prices gained from a 12-year low and Chinese stocks gained in afternoon trading.

United States oil futures in New York slid to the lowest in 12 years as turmoil in China's markets pushes crude closer to US$30 ($45) a barrel.

Former Contact Energy director Phil Pryke is an Australian prawn fisherman-turned-hippie, who washed up here in the mid-1970. Pattrick Smellie writes that he has never been far from controversy since.

Low oil prices plunged further, falling as low as $34.26 per barrel for Brent crude, a global benchmark.

Rokkasho reprocessing complex in a northeast corner of Japan's main island of Honshu is raising speculation.

Iran will raise its oil exports by 500,000 barrels a day within a week after the removal of international sanctions.

Wind and solar power appear set for a record-breaking year in 2016 as a clean-energy construction boom gains momentum.

Fraser Whineray talks big opportunities to tackle climate change with renewable electricity.

Oil is headed for its biggest two-year loss on record as an expansion in U.S. crude stockpiles exacerbated a global glut.

For an industry that already was pushing its cost-cutting efforts to the limits, the new declines are a devastating blow.

It is still common practice in many households to wash the dishes by hand to get all the grimy food off of them, but here's why you shouldn't.

The price of petrol is falling, aided and abetted by a regional price war, but has it declined far enough, given the slump in oil prices?