In a struggling economy staring down the barrel of a double-dip recession, the USA continues to bank on the construction of large-scale solar energy facilities to fuel job growth and forge a path to energy independence.
National solar solutions provider Energy Matters has been announced a finalist in the People’s Choice category of the 2011 Telstra Business Awards
In this episode, Virginia covers changes to South Australia’s feed in tariff, solar heading for grid parity in 100 countries by 2020, solar power poised to trump fossil fuel on cost and and rooftop solar now as economical as large scale PV.
An environmental group is demanding that government funding earmarked for a new coal fired power station in Victoria be redirected to the construction of Mallee Solar Park; a 180 MW solar panel based power station.
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu last week announced a conditional commitment towards a partial guarantee for a $1.4 billion loan to support a commercial solar power initiative called Project Amp.
The Australian Solar Energy Society (AuSES), Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Greens deputy leader Christine Milne and Independents Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott have all added their voices to rejecting the findings of a recent Productivity Commission report in relation to small scale solar power.
One of the anti-solar arguments often used is solar farms can’t produce electricity at night or in very low light conditions. It’s an argument that is rapidly running out of steam.
Researchers from the University of San Diego have discovered a new “solar variability law” that can be used to predict how fluctuations in weather conditions – such as clouds passing over the sun – will affect power output from solar panels.
Last October, U.S. President Barack Obama made a commitment to install solar panels and a solar hot water system on the roof of the White House; a project that is still yet to be carried out.
Solar energy is poised to challenge fossil fuels as the most economical form of power generation on the planet, with the installed capacity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems expected to rise dramatically.
