Author: Energy Matters

The potential rooftop solar energy output of Australia is greater than the amount of electricity we consume through the national grid each year. The revelation

The countdown to this year’s World Solar Challenge has officially begun. A record number of Australian teams have signed up to compete in the ‘world’s

New feed-in tariffs (FiTs) will boost the United Kingdom’s solar industry following a government turnaround on the controversial subsidies. The Conservative UK government scrapped the

Victoria Police have purchased the nation’s first electric police car for use on highway patrols. The Tesla Model X will join the department’s Road Policing

The overdue quarterly update of Australia’s greenhouse gases shows rising emissions will make it hard to meet our Paris Agreement obligations. Released five days after

The nation’s top solar university research hub, the University of New South Wales (UNSW), in Sydney, has announced it will switch to 100 per cent

UK car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover has partnered with German-based BMW to develop new electric vehicles and technology. The companies say they will reduce cost

Atlassian co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes has told an audience of financiers that exporting coal is a ‘dying’ industry. Instead, Australia should replace the coal and gas

An Adelaide office tower claims to be South Australia’s first 6 star NABERS Energy rated building. The building at 50 Flinders Street is also the

Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes blasted Liberal MP Nicolle Flint over her climate blaming on last night’s Q&A on ABC TV. The South Australian MP blamed typical