Author: Energy Matters

A new community project aims to cover South Melbourne Market’s new roof with solar panels.

Scientists state a well-designed combination of renewables could almost always provide more electricity than required at a cost comparable to today’s electricity expenses.

Virginia reports on Australia’s famous Christmas lights street going solar, cucumbers grown with solar power and sea water, the launch of the Australian Solar Hall of Fame and the ELF – a solar/pedal hybrid vehicle.

The first cucumbers produced in the Sahara desert using seawater and solar power were served up to participants at UN Climate Negotiations in Doha.

Australian pioneers of solar power are receiving some well-earned recognition via the new Australian Solar Hall of Fame.

We’ve already seen clothing with embedded flexible solar panels, but soon the clothing itself may be the solar cell.

It’s not quite a car or a bicycle; but something that falls in between – a three-wheeled electric vehicle with pedals.

New analysis shows fossil fuel subsidies in developed countries are, on average, five times greater than the amounts pledged to support developing countries in addressing climate change and its impacts.

The Clean Energy Council has released its Solar Power Australia 2011-12 report, which states solar panel installations now represent 3.2% of all current electricity generation capacity in Australia.

$100 a year could be shaved off Australian households’ electricity bill if governments fix issues relating to the regulation of distribution networks say the Grattan Institute.