Author: Energy Matters

Stanford University scientists have developed a decal-type system for solar panels that can be stuck on practically any surface.

It appears the spiel ‘the best time to buy solar is always now’ could remain true for prospective home solar power system purchasers in the time ahead.

Wales’ national coal mining museum is looking to a clean future with its solar panel installation, which will help to preserve the country’s past.

The much anticipated final recommendations concerning the future of Australia’s Renewable Energy Target (RET) have just been published by the Climate Change Authority (CCA).

Electricity bill shocks have taken their toll, with 38% of Australians stating they will have a much leaner Christmas this year.

There’s a saying about throwing good money after bad – and some would consider the additional millions of dollars of taxpayer money recently given to the Callide Oxyfuel Demonstration Project might be covered by it.

The early end to the Solar Credits multiplier may not necessarily signal an end to the subsidy roller coaster the industry has battled for the last few years.

In a bit of welcome news, it appears nuclear energy based electricity generation has been flat and will likely reduce in the years ahead.

$83.5 million for solar research funding as part of the United States- Australia Solar Energy Collaboration (USASEC) was announced by Minister for Resources and Energy Martin Ferguson on Thursday.

Princeton University researchers have discovered a cheap and easy way to substantially boost the efficiency of organic solar cells by creating a ‘black hole for light’.