Author: Energy Matters

The global wind energy industry set new records last year as cumulative installed wind power capacity grew to 158,000 megawatts.

Colorado’s Governor Bill Ritter last week signed into law legislation that will see the state having one the highest proportions of renewable energy in its power mix.- 30 percent by 2020.

According to data released last week by the Pew Environment Group, clean energy investment globally has experienced growth of 230 percent since 2005, but Australia is lagging behind other G-20 nations.

US based BrightSource Energy is reported to have its sights set on building a large-scale solar thermal plant in Australia; partly funded by the Australian Government’s Solar Flagships program.

A government issued discussion paper on enhancing Australia’s Renewable Energy Target was released earlier today. The Government is inviting public comment on the discussion paper, which details plans to split the existing scheme into two parts – the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET)

Tasmania’s Sustainable Building & Lifestyle Expo is being held at the Derwent Entertainment Centre in Hobart, Tasmania this weekend and Energy Matters will be an exhibitor at the event.

The CSIRO is continuing development on a hybrid energy storage device that combines a supercapacitor with a lead acid battery in one unit cell, called the UltraBattery.

Western Australia’s Energy Minister Peter Collier announced on Tuesday two new solar farms to be constructed in regional WA.

Woolworths has announced a 30kW solar power system has been installed at one of its Belconnen service stations in the ACT and was switched on today.

On the weekend, Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson, told a meeting of energy supply CEOs in Brisbane that Australia now needs to invest at least $100 billion in electricity infrastructure over the next decade just to meet growing demand and replace ageing infrastructure.