A report concerning the future of Victoria’s feed-in tariff joins others that fail to recognise the true value of electricity generated by home solar power systems – and could threaten knock-on effects across Australia if implemented.
Suntech’s Dr. Stuart Wenham and the ‘father of photovoltaics’, Professor Martin Green, were awarded the prestigious Australian Collaborative Innovation Awards last week.
The Austrian Society for Innovative Computer Sciences (INNOC) designed and constructed ‘ASV Roboat’ will take aim at the current robotic sailing world record in July.
The Sustainable Energy Association of Australia has challenged the notion that spending more on renewables is somehow a bad thing and brought the situation regarding Western Australia’s solar feed in tariff into perspective.
Some in Australia’s solar industry have been exaggerating looming electricity price rises and drawing the attention of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
Various sources are reporting the world’s largest retailer, Walmart, will be partially powering half of its Massachusetts stores with solar energy very soon.
Household PV subsidies have had only a minor impact on household electricity bills; ‘so why the political angst?’ asks Exigency.
Virginia reports on REC’s 5 millionth solar panel, Victoria’s Yarra Climate Action Now pursuing a community-owned solar farm and solar soon to be an even better deal for small businesses in Australia.
SMA Solar Technology AG continues its dominance in the solar inverter sector; posting impressive gains during the first quarter of this year.
Wind farms in Australia can tend to suffer a bit of an image problem – but it increasingly seems much of that comes from mainstream media’s focus on a minority’s concerns.
