Author: Energy Matters

In this episode, Virginia covers covers solar power vs. coal and land use, the Clean Energy Council backs Brumby, 5.7 million dollars in funding for a Queensland solar farm and the Victorian Greens pledge to divert funds from coal to renewable energy.

When it comes to progressive renewable energy policies and climate change initiatives, most people look to European nations with their lucrative feed-in tariffs, vast numbers of wind turbines, and fields bristling with solar panels.

The Boeing Company has announced it is commencing mass production of its high efficiency solar cell, the C3MJ+. Boeing claims a conversion efficiency of 39.2 percent, the industry’s highest-efficiency cell.

An Australia Talks segment on ABC Radio earlier this week focusing on solar power and electricity prices has received a great deal of attention; with solar supporters expressing outrage at the ongoing sledging of solar energy in Australia and also questioning the financial support the coal industry receives.

Australia’s peak renewable energy body claims that putting a price on carbon would have less of an impact on the economy than the recent surge of the Australian dollar.

Haidar Taleb has just embarked on a journey to take him across the United Arab Emirates in a solar-powered wheelchair.

In this episode, Virginia covers what’s next for alternative energy, the era of cheap energy that never was, rooftop solar proves its worth, the Australian government announces climate change committees, solar power rebate criticism and Australia’s emission reduction policies study.

The anti-solar lobby sometimes argues that solar farms take up far more space than coal-fired power generation facilities – but do they really?

The Victorian Greens say they will redirect $150 million away from a proposed coal-fired power station in the Latrobe Valley and put the money into renewable energy projects instead.