Author: Energy Matters

It’s not generally considered the most environmentally-friendly sport in the world, but NASCAR will soon be increasing awareness of green power.

It’s been suggested that installing solar arrays over crops would not only generate significant amounts of power, but could benefit crops as well.

Soccer fans in Australia considering going solar now have even more incentive to do so.

The Solar1 Monte Carlo Cup in July will be the first time the city has hosted a solar boat world championship event.

Originally designed to focus the light of lighthouse beacons; Fresnel lenses have also had a major impact on solar power.

The global wind turbine tower market is expected to increase from $12.1 billion (AU13.5 billion) in 2013 to $19.3 billion (AU21.5 billion) by 2020, an annual growth rate of 6.9 percent.

BNRG Northern Power has announced it has received planning permission for the first utility scale solar farm in Ireland.

Sumitomo Corporation has developed the world’s first large-scale energy storage system that utilises used batteries collected from electric vehicles.

The Ecoliv is an 8 Star energy rated pop-up eco-house that showcases an energy efficient, low waste lifestyle as part of the New Joneses project.

A 1.125 megawatt solar photovoltaic system is now providing power to a leading huller and sheller of almonds in the USA.