Author: Energy Matters

2012 was a record year for large scale PV solar farm construction says Wiki-Solar.

A UK company will construct Africa’s largest solar panel based power plant; which will be fully operational in 2015.

In another example of solar power helping to stave off construction of fossil fuel based power plants, Energy Australia has decided to put the brakes on what was originally to be a 1GW gas fired power station.

For a nation that leads the world in solar panel production, China has been a little slow off the mark with grid connection in relation to home solar power – but that will change dramatically soon.

Clean Energy Collective (CEC) recently held a Grand Opening ceremony for its Colorado Springs Community-Owned Solar Farm.

Coal will challenge oil as the world’s top energy source by 2017 and Australia will play a leading role in feeding that filthy fossil fuel addiction.

Long before the solar power boom in Australia, the White Cliffs Solar Power Station was generating clean electricity for a town.

With the home energy storage revolution about to begin; anything that can make lithium-ion batteries a little more environmentally friendly is a welcome development.

Leading solar inverter manufacturer SMA is acquiring a majority stake in Chinese inverter company Jiangsu Zeversolar New Energy Co., Ltd.

The Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER’s) recently released sixth State of the Energy Market report states residential electricity prices have jumped 91% over the past five years nationally – and the major culprit is ..