The nuclear crisis in Japan is dramatically changing views about the use of nuclear energy for electricity generation. In the USA, a survey has found a majority of respondents want to see a freeze on new nuclear power station construction and more focus on wind and solar power.
India has become the world’s second largest consumer of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy and solar hot water products – behind only China – with a forecast annual installed PV growth rate of 134 percent for the years 2009-13, according latest figures from RNCOS Research.
The notion that nuclear power has its role alongside renewables in a clean energy future has been argued in a recent study.
Suntech Power Holdings Co., Ltd. (NYSE: STP) has announced it will install a 10MW solar farm on the Tibetan Plateau, making it the world’s highest altitude solar power installation.
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.
The Australian Solar Institute (ASI) yesterday announced a research and development partnership to develop concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies.
The ACT government has been advised to drop its solar feed in tariff rate from 45.7c a kilowatt hour to 39c a kilowatt hour. This proposed revised rate would not impact on participants who connect prior to 1 July 2011.
It’s a given that solar power is far safer than utilising nuclear energy for power generation – but it’s also cheaper according to a study from Queen’s University in Canada.
In this episode, Virginia covers a new report showing renewable energy’s minor role in electricity prices, REC solar panels a top performer in independent testing, Suntech stocks power on and Japan’s nuclear emergency casting a cloud over Australia’s nuclear aspirations.
Recent figures from the USA’s leading solar trade group, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), show that in 2010, solar energy was an economic powerhouse in a somewhat depressed American marketplace.
