Author: Energy Matters

Home solar power systems are becoming a common sight in many Australian towns and cities; with some areas particularly engaged in the solar revolution.

Australia’s Climate Change Minister, Greg Combet, has delivered another blow to the solar industry and households wanting to install solar power systems by announcing further reductions to the Solar Credits program.

Virginia covers New South Wales’ Solar Bonus Scheme being put on hold, Harry Reid’s vision for a renewable energy future, distributed vs. centralised solar power based electricity generation and NASA’s solar satellite returning to Earth.

A French inventor’s design for a device using solar energy to provide heat for cooking in developing nations has been modified by a team of engineering students at America’s Rice University into a potentially lifesaving machine that can sterilise medical instruments. 

Suntech has announced a deal that will see the company supply 100MW of solar panels for projects in India.

As climate change dramatically changes weather patterns in some areas, will it negatively affect the wind energy industry?

A collaborative research team from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Boston College have developed a small-scale thermoelectric solar device that uses flat-panel technology – much like conventional silicon photovoltaic solar panels.

Tasmania’s favourite agricultural fair, AgFest, is on this week in Launceston from Thursday 5 May until Saturday 7 May, 2011 and Energy Matters will be exhibiting at the event.

According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, current Australian policies for promoting renewable energy will generate at least $36 billion in new investments by the end of the decade.

Efficiently storing electricity produced by renewable energy sources is rapidly becoming a reality. Duke Energy has announced further details of a major renewable energy electricity storage project for its Notrees Windpower Project in west Texas.