The Australian Greens have warned Prime Minister Julia Gillard that a carbon pricing arrangement that provides compensation for big polluters will not get their support in parliament. Instead, more money should be channeled into clean, renewable energy projects.
Plans have been unveiled for a solar electricity system to power Devon’s Crealy Great Adventure Park.
The concept of using fruits as batteries has been around for a very long time – but a team at University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus are taking it to a whole different level.
A major study released by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says Australia has the potential to meet all its energy needs from renewable energy sources, and it could do it on the cheap.
A team of students from the University of Michigan are utilising solar energy to bring light to the dark nights they experienced during childhood, growing up and studying in impoverished Africa and Bangladesh.
A report from the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA) states solar panel generated electricity could make up 12% of Europe’s power demand by the end of this decade and up to 9% of the world’s needs by 2030.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has set up an ‘Energy Innovation Portal’ that will link companies and investors with new and renewable energy technologies that have been developed under federal government auspices.
Princeton University in the USA has announced a project to build a 5.3 megawatt solar farm – one of the largest facilities at a U.S. college or university.
Japanese solar panel maker Kyocera has announced it has installed over 1,200 solar power systems on Japan’s schools.
Intel Corporation has completed nine solar electric installations at Intel campuses in four states; altogether generating 3.8 million kilowatt hours of solar energy annually.
