Australia’s revised Renewable Energy Target, now before Parliament, is likely to gain bi-partisan support. The Opposition has stated it wants to see the legislation passed – but not before completion of a Senate inquiry and completion of negotiations with government and industry have been successfully completed.
The Walmart Foundation has announced a USD$1.2 million dollar donation to install solar power systems on 20 schools in five cities across the USA.
Microbiologist Derek Lovley and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst are developing a new technology for converting carbon dioxide into transportation fuels, with the help of special micro-organisms and solar power.
Meet eddy, the vertical axis wind turbine that looks like it would be more at home in a modern art gallery than on a rooftop.
Traditionally the words ‘Texas’ and ‘energy’ used in a sentence would bring to mind oil wells; but the U.S. state is also a renewable energy powerhouse these days.
Solarfun Power Holdings Co., Ltd. announced late last week that due to strong demand for its solar panels, the company plans to increase solar module production capacity to 900 MW by August 2010.
NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Project will pass a historic Martian longevity record today. The solar powered Opportunity rover will beat the duration record set by NASA’s Viking 1 Lander in November 1982 of six years and 116 days operating on the surface of Mars.
A recent report from ISA states PV production in India for during 2008-09 was estimated at 1753 MW of solar cells and 2403 MW of solar panels, with a large proportion of production being exported.
It’s official – Centrelink has announced solar feed in tariffs will not be included in pension income tests.
In a report released by Environment Victoria yesterday, the group says Hazelwood Power Station could be replaced with clean and renewable energy projects as soon as the end of 2012; and by doing so would slash Victoria’s greenhouse pollution by 12 percent.
