Author: Energy Matters

Researchers from Australia’s Griffith University have discovered a new mechanism for improving the light harvesting properties of certain nanomaterials. It’s a breakthrough they say could

Harvard researchers have discovered vitamin B2 molecule tweakery creates a good candidate for energy storage in the form of a redox flow battery. Flow batteries

The South Australian Opposition are drafting a Bill that would require all new wind farm development applications to include an independent electricity market impact assessment.

A team of Oxford University scientists have demonstrated how the natural movements of bacteria can drive what they describe as microscopic “wind farms” (sans the

A discussion paper released at Intersolar North America last week suggests the demand for energy storage in the USA could significantly boost solar power jobs

Wind and solar has again been blamed for SA’s high power prices. Just because this is often repeated, it doesn’t’ make it true – in

It’s probably no threat to the conventional sausage sizzle hotplate and Weber mightn’t be shaking in its boots, but the Solar Dogger seems to be

It appears New Zealand’s Electricity Authority is off Greenpeace’s Xmas card list this year over its reported treatment of owners of solar power systems. In

The solar revolution continues in Australia, with home battery storage also starting to appear in the nation’s Clean Energy Regulator’s statistics. The latest figures from

New figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics indicates the nation’s businesses spent a whopping $64b on energy in 2014-15. Diesel represented the biggest