Renewable Energy News

Friday 29 August, 2008

Australia - From Renewable Energy Wasteland To Boom Time - According to Ernst & Young, Australia has maintained its position at number 13 in the world in relation to attractiveness for renewable energy investment for Q1-Q2 2008

Thursday 28 August, 2008

Solar Power From Roads? - Researchers from the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Massachusetts, USA believe the heat-soaking properties of asphalt could be a very viable alternative energy source and are developing a solar collector that could turn roads and car parks into sources of electricity and hot water.

Wednesday 27 August, 2008

German Town Achieves Renewable Energy Independence - The farming village of Freiamt in Germany now produces 17% more renewable energy than they require and have become model for communities around the world.

Tuesday 26 August, 2008

Western Australian Government Promises Gross Feed In Tariff - The Western Australian Government has promised payments of a gross feed in tariff to owners of grid connected solar power systems for all energy they produce if returned to power in the next election.

Monday 25 August, 2008

Sydney Girl's Stunning Solar Power Development - Nicole Kuepper, a PhD student and lecturer at the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering at the University of New South Wales, has developed a revolutionary solar cell that can be manufactured at low temperatures and with low tech equipment

Friday 22 August, 2008

Wind Turbines and Solar Arrays For New York City Buildings - New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, has floated the idea of a large scale renewable energy program for New York city that would include placing wind turbines on city bridges and solar panels on skyscrapers.

Thursday 21 August, 2008

Gross Feed In Tariff Crucial To Meet Renewable Energy Targets - For the necessary growth required to meet renewable energy targets in Australia, there is a critical need for the Federal Government to introduce a gross feed-in tariff scheme for residential grid connect solar power system owners. Net feed-in tariffs offered in some states simply do not provide the incentive need to help Australia achieve our renewable energy target of 20% by 2020.

Wednesday 20 August, 2008

550 MW Solar Farm Project For California - San Francisco Based Pacific Gas and Electric Company recently announced the launch of their 550 megawatt Topaz Solar Farm Project, which will deliver an average of 1,100,000 megawatt-hours annually of renewable electricity; to serve approximately 239,000 residential homes.

Tuesday 19 August, 2008

Renewables Target Under Pressure From Big Business - Australian Greens Senator, Christine Milne, has launched a scathing attack on what she refers to as the "green mafia" - big busineses in Australia she accuses of pressuring the Federal Government to not increase the Mandatory Renewable Energy Target set for Australia.

Monday 18 August, 2008

New Solar Cell Breaks Efficiency Record - Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have broken the world record in solar cell efficiency with a photovoltaic module that converts nearly 41% of sunlight it's exposed to into electricity.
Saving the Planet Through Solar Power - A Community Affair - Neighbourhoods and community organisations are rallying together to cut the cost of buying and installing solar panels. In today’s environmental paradigm, teaming up is paying off

Friday 15 August, 2008

Stingy SA Electricity Retailers Dudding Grid Connect Customers - South Austalian Greens' Mark Parnell has requested the Essential Services Commission to investigate AGL and Origin Energy; claiming the companies are abusing the solar power feed-in premium laws in South Australia to make a windfall profit at the expense of taxpayers

Thursday 14 August, 2008

Wisconsin Task Force Calls for Green Energy Feed-in Tariffs - Wisconsin’s Governor Jim Doyle's Task Force on Global Warming has called for implementation of Advanced Renewable Tariffs to encourage the development of the state's renewable energy resources; such as solar or wind power.

Wednesday 13 August, 2008

World's largest solar thermal plant planned for Australia - A viability study is currently being undertaken for a 250MW solar thermal power plant to be built in Australia. Comprising of over 600,000 mirrors and occupying 640 hectares of land, the plant could generate enough electricity to power over 300,000 homes

Thursday 07 August, 2008

500 megawatt wind farm proposed for Queensland - Coopers Gap Wind Farm Pty Ltd has submitted a proposal to develop a wind farm near Kingaroy, Queensland; consisting of up to 252 wind turbine generators with a total generation capacity of up to 500MW.

Monday 04 August, 2008

Australian solar rebate figures released - In spite of the Australian Federal Government's recent $100,000 annual income means test on solar power rebates, figures recently released relating to the Solar Homes & Communities Plan show an average of 522 applications have been lodged each week since May's budget.

News archive for 2008