Author: Energy Matters

In a tough economic climate, some UK farmers are creating additional streams of income by installing solar panels.

In July, Humane Society Silicon Valley (HSSV) in the USA became one of the first animal shelters to make the switch to solar power.

Xcel Energy last week announced plans to reduce coal-fired electricity generation emissions as called for under Colorado’s Clean Air Clean Jobs Act.

American plans to build large-scale solar thermal plants near coal-fired power stations should be duplicated in Australia says a local renewable energy industry figure.

Unlike many of today’s goods, solar panels have serviceable lives of decades and usually without any expensive repairs along the way. But all good things come to an end – or do they?

A USD $43 million loan guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Energy has been announced for a 20 MW flywheel energy storage plant.

By establishing a single governing body to oversee renewable energy projects Australia could leap to the head of the global renewable race.

Feed-in tariffs have been the driving factor in PV solar power uptake around the world according to the USA government’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).

Some solar power system owners in Australia are scrambling to check the make of their inverters after a provider issued a national recall on an entire range of Aero-Sharp (not to be confused with Sharp) grid connect inverters.

Despite a continued dependence on coal-fired power generation, Australia’s electricity is slowly getting greener – thanks in part to renewable energy.