Australian Greens Deputy Leader Senator Christine Milne yesterday announced a policy for $5 billion worth of loan guarantees for large-scale renewable energy developments; to work alongside an enhanced renewable energy target, a grant scheme and a feed-in tariff.
National solar power solutions provider Energy Matters has been selected as a finalist in the Environment category of the Melbourne Awards.
Researchers at Stanford University say they have found a way to utilise both light and heat to make solar power production more than twice as efficient as existing methods – and possibly economical enough enough to compete with oil.
Move over Germany and Spain – according to a recent report from iSuppli Corp, the United Kingdom is the fastest-growing country for solar panel installations this year.
A new solar panel coating that can be applied during production processes or to existing panels has been tested to show conversion efficiency gains ranging from 10-12.5 percent.
Two solar power retailers in Queensland have been forced to change their marketing tactics after the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) found claims made in advertisements for home solar power systems were likely to mislead or deceive consumers.
Energy Minister Peter Collier announced on Monday the official start of Western Australia’s residential net feed-in tariff and construction of the state’s largest wind farm.
ATRAA, Australia’s largest solar industry conference, will take place at the Alice Springs Convention Centre this week.
Solar power isn’t one of the first things to spring to mind in relation to NASCAR racing, but a major solar farm constructed at Pocono raceway in Pennsylvania will make a major dent in the facility’s greenhouse gas emissions and perhaps encourage other raceways to do the same.
While Europe is set to have a record year in terms of new wind power capacity, the USA wind industry appears to be faltering.
