GE Energy has announced it will buy into a minority share agreement with California-based eSolar, manufacturer of concentrated solar power (CSP) plants, a move the company hopes will give it a leading edge in the global solar revolution.
Last week it was Renault, this week it’s Toyota in the UK announcing plans to harvest energy from the sun with a major solar panel array to help power its manufacturing facilities.
Nearly 45,000 Australians took part in rallies occurring simultaneously in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Hobart and Canberra to support the Government’s plans to impose a carbon tax on the nation’s biggest polluters.
In America, the philosophy of ‘bigger is better’ relates as much to renewable energy innovation as it does to steaks and cowboy hats.
Rising electricity prices will further increase the value of existing green homes and commercial properties says Archicentre, the building inspection service of the Australian Institute of Architects.
A consortium called the Powerhouse Alliance has announced it will construct Norway’s first energy-positive commercial building, which will also be the northern-most development of its kind in the world.
Using solar power means a reduction in pollution being pumped into the atmosphere in relation to electricity generation emissions, but at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT), solar power is also being used to measure concentration levels of the harmful chemicals in the air produced by humanity’s various activities.
Germany, a country with far less solar resources than sunshine drenched Australia, looks set to continue its reputation of being a solar power stronghold. Germany has decided to end its love affair with nuclear power and “no provision has been made for a way back”.
While the worldwide financial collapse of 2008-2009 was a disaster in terms of job losses and fiscal security, latest figures from the European Environment Agency (EEA) show the global financial crisis combined with sustained strong growth in renewable energy led to a dramatic fall in greenhouse gas emissions in the EU in 2009.
It is essential Asia continues expanding its solar energy industry in coming decades in order to ensure strong economic growth and reduce carbon pollution, according the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
