Author: Energy Matters

A solar powered device is helping farmers in Tamil Nadu to dramatically decrease the amount of pesticide applied to crops.

Persistent Energy Partners has acquired Impact Energies Ghana to help bring solar to Ghanaian families existing on incomes of $1 – $6 a day.

Maurice Newman, Chair of the Prime Minister’s Business Advisory Council, has pointed to the Renewable Energy Target for affecting Australia’s ability to compete.

University of Cambridge research has found that the atomic structure of organic solar material is able to generate electron activity in the same way as man-made crystalline solar cells,

While wind energy may be the renewables poster child in Scotland, the solar power sector’s performance in 2013 has also been impressive.

The USA’s Georgia Power recently announced combined Requests for Proposals (RFP) for nearly 500 megawatts of utility-scale solar generation.

The USA’s first offshore wind farm will use 3.6MW wind turbines supplied by Siemens.

Renewable energy provided 42.4% of the electricity demand in Spain this year, 10.5 percentage points higher than in 2012.

Europe’s wind power potential is massive, but what happens when the wind isn’t blowing? The answer may lay in tapping into Norway’s hydropower resources.

The Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics (BREE) released the Australian Energy Technology Assessment (AETA) 2013 Model Update late last week.