Environment Minister Peter Garrett yesterday provided details of a new $130 million initiative called Green Start, designed to assist low-income and disadvantaged households in Australia in their water and energy efficiency efforts; including better access to renewable energy options such as solar power.
Canadian based energy company Etrion Corporation and and SunPower Corp. recently announced an agreement to build four solar farms, totaling four megawatts, in the Puglia region of southern Italy.
A Swedish firm has its sights set on constructing and operating a massive wind farm in the country, consisting of 1100 wind turbines capable of generating between 8 and 12 terawatt hours annually.
Sanyo Homes Co., a subsidiary of Sanyo Electric Co., recently announced it will begin selling prefabricated environmentally friendly homes that include full home solar power systems.
According to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE), at the end of October 2009 there were nine major renewable energy projects in Australia at an advanced stage of development and 80 less advanced renewable energy projects.
During 2009, we’ve reported on all sorts of possible alternatives to traditional deep cycle batteries for renewable energy storage.Introducing another possibility – the ice battery – and it’s already on the market.
In a joint initiative to accelerate clean energy development in both countries, US President Obama and Chinese President Hu yesterday announced a package of measures.
Western Australia’s Energy Minister, Peter Collier, has released a discussion paper entitled “Strategic Energy Initiative 2030” to provide direction for addressing the energy challenges facing Western Australia over the next two decades.
Suntech announced yesterday its first U.S. manufacturing plant for solar panel production would be located in the Greater Phoenix, Arizona area and that it expects to develop approximately 20% of the 91MW of solar projects that were approved under China’s Solar Rooftop Program.
The number of complaints against solar power installers has increased over the last few months according to the Clean Energy Council, leading to a crackdown on monitoring by the organisation.
