One of the many advantages of renewable energy is as the world moves further away from the use of filthy fossil fuels towards a clean energy future, it also allows an evolution in the way we utilise power sources like solar electricity.
In what can only be described as bad news for makers of solar panels, new figures from Bloomberg New Energy Finance show the cost of solar-grade polysilicon and wafers has risen to a two-year high, while prices of finished solar energy systems face increased downward pressure.
The fallout from the nuclear crisis in Fukushima Japan is more than just radioactive – it’s effects are extending into politics and future nuclear investment.
New research undertaken in the USA into quantum dots may have uncovered ways to multiply the energy output of individual electrons, increasing the efficiency of the solar panels and resulting in more electricity from the same amount of absorbed light.
New York City’s first solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) charging station was unveiled earlier this month in Brooklyn Bridge Park; a 34 hectare sustainable waterfront park stretching 2 kilometres along Brooklyn’s East River shoreline.
Galaxy Resources has received the Energy Generation and Distribution Award from the Sustainable Energy Association of Australia for its use of solar power in a mine in Western Australia.
Researchers at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign have developed a 3d nanostructure for battery cathodes that permits far faster charging and discharging without sacrificing energy storage capacity.
Researchers from the US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge Laboratory and Washington University are studying the light-harvesting abilities of some of nature’s most photosynthetic life-forms, breaking ground into a new generation of solar cell design.
Australian solar power company Sunengy Pty Limited has announced a deal with India energy giant Tata Power for the construction of floating solar farm in India by the end of this year.
In this episode, Virginia covers the Queensland Government’s Solar Kindergarten Installation Program, a report advising the ACT Government to reduce the solar feed in tariff rate for new connections, a partnership between the Australian Solar Institute and a major European solar research organisation and the NSW Greens proposal for three 200 megawatt solar thermal power stations for the state.
