Author: Energy Matters

5 cents per kilowatt hour electricity doesn’t have to be a misty-eyed, nostalgia-laced memory says national solar power solutions provider Energy Matters.

Back in May, we covered the Solarphasec’s Sentinel 3D Spin Cell solar generator. The company is continuing to pursue the concept, under a new name – V3Solar – and a device able to generate far more electricity.

The mortgage belt suburbs and the bush are where solar power truly shines.

South East Asia’s largest silicon solar panel based power plant, a 44-megawatt project called ‘Sunny Bangchak’, was connected to the mains grid a few weeks ago.

The previously Hurricane Katrina-flooded Lower 9th Ward community of New Orleans in the USA is celebrating after having cut the ribbon on the greenest skate park in the world.

Speaking at the Walk For Solar rally in Adelaide on weekend, Dr Karl Kruszelnicki and others voiced their support to the construction of solar thermal power stations in South Australia’s Port Augusta.

A survey carried out by consumer group Choice shows electricity price rises are one of the biggest concerns of Australian households.

Sharp has released details of a new see-through solar panel that can replace windows and has other architectural applications.

How much more solar power could we have installed if we had gotten rid of subsidies for fossil fuels? According to the European Commission, nearly 10 times more than we have now.

Virginia reports on more solar myths busted, the Solar Credits subsidy threatened by big business and the importance of stable renewable energy policy for Australia.