Saudi Arabia plans to spend $109 billion on renewable energy projects over the next 20 years, installing more solar and wind power capacity than the rest of the world to date.
National Greenhouse Accounts released on Monday show Australia’s carbon pollution from electricity generation fell by 14 million tonnes during 2012.
Panasonic has set a goal of donating 100,000 solar lanterns to people in regions without electricity by 2018; the company’s 100th anniversary.
America’s largest solar panel manufacturer, SolarWorld AG, has sold two of its Californian solar farms to Duke Energy Renewables.
Canada’s first Earth Observation satellite, the solar powered RADARSAT-1, experienced a glitch in late March – one it may be unlikely to recover from.
Australia’s exports of gas will push up domestic prices. Wind energy is already cheaper than new gas for electricity generation – and solar isn’t far behind.
US President Barack Obama has proposed billions more be plowed into renewable energy and to eliminate $4 billion in fossil fuels subsidies in his 2014 budget proposal.
An alliance of householders, community groups and businesses including Energy Matters have called on the Tasmanian government to safeguard the state’s renewable energy future.
Red Sky Energy recently announced the completion of a positive feasibility study for its SOLIER Dubbo Solar One project in New South Wales.
While we may be patting ourselves on the back for reaching one million solar power systems installed throughout Australia; much more needs to be done to rein in burgeoning carbon emissions.
